diff --git a/lib/commands/helpers.rb b/lib/commands/helpers.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/commands/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/commands/helpers.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ DEV_NULL = File.exist?("/dev/null") ? "/dev/null" : "nul:" unless const_defined?
 helper :user_and_repo_from do |url|
   case url
   when %r|^git://github\.com/([^/]+/[^/]+)$|: $1.split('/')
+  when %r|^http://github\.com/([^/]+/[^/]+)$|: $1.split('/')
   when %r|^(?:ssh://)?(?:git@)?github\.com:([^/]+/[^/]+)$|: $1.split('/')
   end
 end
allow your repos to use http protocol in addition to git + ssh