diff --git a/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts b/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
index 3f17db9bb302957846dcbd8dfa4e2a8b83085940..7a902965b7aad38f911500db61bb4deff5506773 100644
--- a/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,47 @@ describe("GitHubSourceControlProvider writes", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(requests, ["GET user", "POST orgs/acme/repos"]);
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(layer));
   });
+
+  it.effect("looks up a bare repository name under the signed-in account on that host", () => {
+    const requests: Array<string> = [];
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const gh = yield* makeProvider({
+        rest: (input) =>
+          Effect.sync(() => {
+            requests.push(`${input.host} ${input.method ?? "GET"} ${input.path}`);
+            return input.path === "user"
+              ? restResponse({ login: "me" })
+              : restResponse({
+                  full_name: "me/notes",
+                  html_url: `https://${input.host}/me/notes`,
+                  ssh_url: `git@${input.host}:me/notes.git`,
+                });
+          }),
+      });
+
+      const urls = yield* gh.getRepositoryCloneUrls({
+        cwd: "/repo",
+        context: githubContext("code.example.test"),
+        repository: " notes.git ",
+      });
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(urls, {
+        nameWithOwner: "me/notes",
+        url: "https://code.example.test/me/notes",
+        sshUrl: "git@code.example.test:me/notes.git",
+      });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(requests, [
+        "code.example.test GET user",
+        "code.example.test GET repos/me/notes",
+      ]);
+      // Malformed names are still refused before any request.
+      for (const repository of ["me/", "/notes", "a/b/c/d", "", "two words"]) {
+        const error = yield* Effect.flip(gh.getRepositoryCloneUrls({ cwd: "/repo", repository }));
+        assert.include(error.message, "Repositories are named owner/name.");
+      }
+      assert.strictEqual(requests.length, 2);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("GitHubSourceControlProvider.checkoutChangeRequest", () => {
diff --git a/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts b/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
index 0e54af539d9fb4f7aff4ed061c11bc18d95a3122..6cf169a1b7546843c4dcc56d05d001371aa177ec 100644
--- a/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
@@ -1025,7 +1025,13 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
           Effect.map((locator) => locator.host),
           Effect.orElseSucceed(() => environment.GH_HOST ?? "github.com"),
         )).toLowerCase();
-        const locator = parseGitHubRepositorySelector(input.repository, fallbackHost);
+        // A bare name is the signed-in account's repository, the way `gh repo view` reads it.
+        const bareName = input.repository.trim().replace(/\.git$/i, "");
+        const locator =
+          parseGitHubRepositorySelector(input.repository, fallbackHost) ??
+          (/^[^/\s]+$/.test(bareName)
+            ? { host: fallbackHost, owner: yield* readViewerLogin(fallbackHost), name: bareName }
+            : null);
         if (locator === null) return yield* failure("Repositories are named owner/name.");
         return repositoryCloneUrls(yield* readRepository(locator));
       }).pipe(