diff --git a/pkg/loader/githubloader.go b/pkg/loader/gitcloner.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/loader/githubloader.go
rename to pkg/loader/gitcloner.go
index c0e5a254e1..ad59b5e8cb 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/githubloader.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/gitcloner.go
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ type gitCloner func(url string) (
 	// Any error encountered when cloning.
 	err error)
 
+// isRepoUrl checks if a string is a repo Url
+func isRepoUrl(s string) bool {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "https://") {
+		return true
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "git::") {
+		return true
+	}
+	host := strings.SplitN(s, "/", 2)[0]
+	return strings.Contains(host, ".com") || strings.Contains(host, ".org")
+}
+
 func makeTmpDir() (string, error) {
 	return ioutil.TempDir("", "kustomize-")
 }
@@ -51,18 +63,6 @@ func hashicorpGitCloner(repoUrl string) (
 	return
 }
 
-// isRepoUrl checks if a string is a repo Url
-func isRepoUrl(s string) bool {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "https://") {
-		return true
-	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "git::") {
-		return true
-	}
-	host := strings.SplitN(s, "/", 2)[0]
-	return strings.Contains(host, ".com") || strings.Contains(host, ".org")
-}
-
 // Checkout clones a github repo with specified commit/tag/branch
 func checkout(url, dir string) error {
 	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
diff --git a/pkg/loader/githubloader_test.go b/pkg/loader/gitcloner_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/loader/githubloader_test.go
rename to pkg/loader/gitcloner_test.go