diff --git a/src/ShinyDeploy/Action/WsDataAction/AddRepository.php b/src/ShinyDeploy/Action/WsDataAction/AddRepository.php
index cfc1858..d84844c 100644
--- a/src/ShinyDeploy/Action/WsDataAction/AddRepository.php
+++ b/src/ShinyDeploy/Action/WsDataAction/AddRepository.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use ShinyDeploy\Domain\Database\Auth;
 use ShinyDeploy\Domain\Database\Repositories;
+use ShinyDeploy\Domain\Git;
 use ShinyDeploy\Exceptions\InvalidPayloadException;
 use Valitron\Validator;
 
@@ -95,21 +96,13 @@ public function __invoke(array $actionPayload) : bool
      */
     private function checkUrl(string $url, string $username = '', string $password = '') : bool
     {
-        $ch = curl_init();
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3);
-        if (!empty($username)) {
-            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username.':'.$password);
+        $credentials = $username ?? '';
+        if (!empty($password)) {
+            $credentials .= ':' . $password;
         }
-        $headers = curl_exec($ch);
-        curl_close($ch);
-        if (stripos($headers, 'HTTP/1.1 200') !== false) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        $url = str_replace('://', '://' . $credentials . '@', $url);
+
+        $gitDomain = new Git($this->config, $this->logger);
+        return $gitDomain->checkRemoteConnectivity($url);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Git.php b/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Git.php
index 90f21b6..177f295 100644
--- a/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Git.php
+++ b/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Git.php
@@ -366,6 +366,27 @@ public function pruneRemoteBranches(string $repoPath): bool
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if a remote url is accessible.
+     *
+     * @param string $repoUrl
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function checkRemoteConnectivity(string $repoUrl): bool
+    {
+        if (empty($repoUrl)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $command = 'ls-remote -q -h --exit-code ' . $repoUrl;
+        try {
+            $this->exec($command);
+            return true;
+        } catch (GitException $e) {
+            $this->logger->error('Remote Repository URL not accessible.');
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes a git command and returns response.
      *
@@ -375,7 +396,7 @@ public function pruneRemoteBranches(string $repoPath): bool
      */
     protected function exec(string $command): string
     {
-        $command = 'git ' . $command;
+        $command = 'GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git ' . $command;
         $command = escapeshellcmd($command) . ' 2>&1';
         exec($command, $output, $exitCode);
         $response = implode("\n", $output) ?? '';
diff --git a/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Repository.php b/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Repository.php
index 46ee129..a7f6c96 100644
--- a/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Repository.php
+++ b/src/ShinyDeploy/Domain/Repository.php
@@ -324,30 +324,11 @@ public function checkGit() : bool
      * Checks if URL responses with status 200.
      *
      * @return bool
-     * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
     public function checkConnectivity() : bool
     {
-        if (empty($this->data)) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Repository data not set. Missing inititialization?');
-        }
-
-        $ch = curl_init();
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $this->data['url']);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3);
-        if (!empty($this->data['username'])) {
-            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $this->data['username'].':'.$this->data['password']);
-        }
-        $headers = curl_exec($ch);
-        curl_close($ch);
-        if (stripos($headers, 'HTTP/1.1 200') !== false) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        $url = $this->getCredentialsUrl();
+        return $this->git->checkRemoteConnectivity($url);
     }
 
     /**