diff --git a/git/git_test.go b/git/git_test.go
index 515e2d30479d2de029a2837f0938c40402e90d2c..83bde7b7e19a09db274527f405c10ddd9a28a21d 100644
--- a/git/git_test.go
+++ b/git/git_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package git
+// Using package git instead of git_test to test unexported stringifyRepo function.
+// This function contains complex URL parsing logic that warrants direct testing,
+// and testing through the (current) public API would require external network requests.
+package git //nolint:testpackage
 
 import (
 	"testing"