diff --git a/Lib/gftools/gfgithub.py b/Lib/gftools/gfgithub.py
index 7fddd37..38d36f2 100644
--- a/Lib/gftools/gfgithub.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/gfgithub.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import requests
 import typing
 import urllib
 import time
-
+from gftools.utils import github_user_repo
 
 GITHUB_GRAPHQL_API = "https://api.github.com/graphql"
 GITHUB_V3_REST_API = "https://api.github.com"
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class GitHubClient:
         self.repo_owner = repo_owner
         self.repo_name = repo_name
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_url(cls, url):
+        user, repo = github_user_repo(url)
+        return cls(user, repo)
+
     def _post(self, url, payload: typing.Dict):
         headers = {"Authorization": f"bearer {self.gh_token}"}
         response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
@@ -87,7 +92,12 @@ class GitHubClient:
             self.rest_url("pulls", state="open", head=pr_head, base=pr_base_branch)
         )
 
-    def create_pr(self, title: str, body: str, head: str, base: str, draft: bool = False):
+    def get_commit(self, ref: str):
+        return self._get(self.rest_url(f"commits/{ref}"))
+
+    def create_pr(
+        self, title: str, body: str, head: str, base: str, draft: bool = False
+    ):
         return self._post(
             self.rest_url("pulls"),
             {
@@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ class GitHubClient:
                 "head": head,
                 "base": base,
                 "maintainer_can_modify": True,
-                "draft": draft
+                "draft": draft,
             },
         )
 
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/packager.py b/Lib/gftools/packager.py
index 7ba1d53..1cae84a 100644
--- a/Lib/gftools/packager.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/packager.py
@@ -173,20 +173,14 @@ def load_metadata(fp: "Path | str"):
                     item.source_file = src
                     item.dest_file = dst
                     metadata.source.files.append(item)
-
-    metadata.source.repository_url = re.sub(
-        r"\.git$", "", metadata.source.repository_url
-    )
     return metadata
 
 
 def save_metadata(fp: Path, metadata: fonts_pb2.FamilyProto):
     """Save METADATA.pb file and delete old upstream.yaml file."""
-    _, _, _, user, repo = metadata.source.repository_url.split("/")
-    github = GitHubClient(user, repo)
-    url = github.rest_url(f"commits/{metadata.source.branch}")
-    resp = github._get(url)
-    git_commit = resp["sha"]
+    github = GitHubClient.from_url(metadata.source.repository_url)
+    commit = github.get_commit(metadata.source.branch)
+    git_commit = commit["sha"]
     metadata.source.commit = git_commit
     language_comments = fonts.LanguageComments(LoadLanguages())
     fonts.WriteProto(metadata, fp, comments=language_comments)
@@ -219,8 +213,7 @@ def download_assets(
     metadata: fonts_pb2.FamilyProto, out: Path, latest_release: bool = False
 ) -> List[str]:
     """Download assets listed in the metadata's source field"""
-    _, _, _, owner, repo = metadata.source.repository_url.split("/")
-    upstream = GitHubClient(owner, repo)
+    upstream = GitHubClient.from_url(metadata.source.repository_url)
     res = []
     # Getting files from an archive always takes precedence over a
     # repo dir
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/utils.py b/Lib/gftools/utils.py
index b57e23b..1cfa0f4 100644
--- a/Lib/gftools/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/utils.py
@@ -643,3 +643,13 @@ def shell_quote(s: Union[str, Path]) -> str:
         return subprocess.list2cmdline([s])
     else:
         return shlex.quote(s)
+
+
+def github_user_repo(github_url):
+    pattern = r'https?://github\.com/(?P<user>[^/]+)/(?P<repo>[^/^.]+)'
+    match = re.search(pattern, github_url)
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Cannot extract github user and repo name from url '{github_url}'."
+        )
+    return match.group('user'), match.group('repo')

diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 40b5b25..acbcc49 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -56,3 +56,17 @@ He was referred to H.R. Giger, who headed the H.R. department at the time, then
 </p>
 """
     assert format_html(input) == output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    """url,want""",
+    [
+        ("https://github.com/SorkinType/SASchoolHandAustralia", ("SorkinType", "SASchoolHandAustralia")),
+        ("https://github.com/SorkinType/SASchoolHandAustralia/", ("SorkinType", "SASchoolHandAustralia")),
+        ("https://github.com/googlefonts/MavenPro//", ("googlefonts", "MavenPro")),
+        ("https://github.com/googlefonts/MavenPro.git", ("googlefonts", "MavenPro")),
+    ]
+)
+def test_github_user_repo(url, want):
+    from gftools.utils import github_user_repo
+    assert github_user_repo(url) == want
\ No newline at end of file

packager: better error when repo ends in a slash
(Or just deal with it)

This is a very lazy way to parse a URL: ;-)

https://github.com/googlefonts/gftools/blob/d5cc1aa2373e78cbaa77b4389e284faf7b8de9e3/Lib/gftools/packager.py#L222

With a repo URL of `https://github.com/SorkinType/Briem-Hand/` I got a nasty error:

```
  File "/Users/simon/others-repos/gftools/Lib/gftools/packager.py", line 222, in download_assets
    _, _, _, owner, repo = metadata.source.repository_url.split("/")
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 5)
```

tests/test_utils.py::test_github_user_repo[https://github.com/SorkinType/SASchoolHandAustralia-want0] tests/test_utils.py::test_github_user_repo[https://github.com/SorkinType/SASchoolHandAustralia/-want1] tests/test_utils.py::test_github_user_repo[https://github.com/googlefonts/MavenPro//-want2] tests/test_utils.py::test_github_user_repo[https://github.com/googlefonts/MavenPro.git-want3]
tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[https://www.google.com-google.com] tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[https://google.com-google.com] tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[http://www.google.com-google.com] tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[http://google.com-google.com] tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[google.com-google.com] tests/test_utils.py::test_remove_url_prefix[-] tests/test_utils.py::test_format_html