diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index 5ae821550ee..a85f962dbc4 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use git_repository::bstr::io::BufReadExt;
 use gitoxide_core as core;
 use gitoxide_core::pack::verify;
 
-use crate::plumbing::options::{commit, mailmap, odb, revision, tree};
+use crate::plumbing::options::{commit, exclude, mailmap, odb, revision, tree};
 use crate::{
-    plumbing::options::{free, repo, Args, Subcommands},
+    plumbing::options::{free, Args, Subcommands},
     shared::pretty::prepare_and_run,
 };
 
@@ -609,42 +609,40 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 move |_progress, out, err| core::repository::mailmap::entries(repository()?.into(), format, out, err),
             ),
         },
-        Subcommands::Repository(repo::Platform { cmd }) => match cmd {
-            repo::Subcommands::Exclude { cmd } => match cmd {
-                repo::exclude::Subcommands::Query {
-                    patterns,
-                    pathspecs,
-                    show_ignore_patterns,
-                } => prepare_and_run(
-                    "repository-exclude-query",
-                    verbose,
-                    progress,
-                    progress_keep_open,
-                    None,
-                    move |_progress, out, _err| {
-                        use git::bstr::ByteSlice;
-                        core::repository::exclude::query(
-                            repository()?.into(),
-                            if pathspecs.is_empty() {
-                                Box::new(
-                                    stdin_or_bail()?
-                                        .byte_lines()
-                                        .filter_map(Result::ok)
-                                        .filter_map(|line| git::path::Spec::from_bytes(line.as_bstr())),
-                                ) as Box<dyn Iterator<Item = git::path::Spec>>
-                            } else {
-                                Box::new(pathspecs.into_iter())
-                            },
-                            out,
-                            core::repository::exclude::query::Options {
-                                format,
-                                show_ignore_patterns,
-                                overrides: patterns,
-                            },
-                        )
-                    },
-                ),
-            },
+        Subcommands::Exclude { cmd } => match cmd {
+            exclude::Subcommands::Query {
+                patterns,
+                pathspecs,
+                show_ignore_patterns,
+            } => prepare_and_run(
+                "repository-exclude-query",
+                verbose,
+                progress,
+                progress_keep_open,
+                None,
+                move |_progress, out, _err| {
+                    use git::bstr::ByteSlice;
+                    core::repository::exclude::query(
+                        repository()?.into(),
+                        if pathspecs.is_empty() {
+                            Box::new(
+                                stdin_or_bail()?
+                                    .byte_lines()
+                                    .filter_map(Result::ok)
+                                    .filter_map(|line| git::path::Spec::from_bytes(line.as_bstr())),
+                            ) as Box<dyn Iterator<Item = git::path::Spec>>
+                        } else {
+                            Box::new(pathspecs.into_iter())
+                        },
+                        out,
+                        core::repository::exclude::query::Options {
+                            format,
+                            show_ignore_patterns,
+                            overrides: patterns,
+                        },
+                    )
+                },
+            ),
         },
     }?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options.rs b/src/plumbing/options.rs
index 9d20138cf67..e493121e12b 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options.rs
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ pub enum Subcommands {
         #[clap(subcommand)]
         cmd: mailmap::Subcommands,
     },
-    /// Subcommands for interacting with entire git repositories
-    Repository(repo::Platform),
+    /// Interact with the exclude files like .gitignore.
+    Exclude {
+        #[clap(subcommand)]
+        cmd: exclude::Subcommands,
+    },
     /// Subcommands that need no git repository to run.
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     Free(free::Subcommands),
@@ -580,48 +583,28 @@ pub mod free {
     }
 }
 
-///
-pub mod repo {
-    #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
-    pub struct Platform {
-        /// Subcommands
-        #[clap(subcommand)]
-        pub cmd: Subcommands,
-    }
+pub mod exclude {
+    use std::ffi::OsString;
+
+    use git_repository as git;
 
     #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
-    #[clap(visible_alias = "repo")]
     pub enum Subcommands {
-        /// Interact with the exclude files like .gitignore.
-        Exclude {
-            #[clap(subcommand)]
-            cmd: exclude::Subcommands,
+        /// Check if path-specs are excluded and print the result similar to `git check-ignore`.
+        Query {
+            /// Show actual ignore patterns instead of un-excluding an entry.
+            ///
+            /// That way one can understand why an entry might not be excluded.
+            #[clap(long, short = 'i')]
+            show_ignore_patterns: bool,
+            /// Additional patterns to use for exclusions. They have the highest priority.
+            ///
+            /// Useful for undoing previous patterns using the '!' prefix.
+            #[clap(long, short = 'p')]
+            patterns: Vec<OsString>,
+            /// The git path specifications to check for exclusion, or unset to read from stdin one per line.
+            #[clap(parse(try_from_os_str = std::convert::TryFrom::try_from))]
+            pathspecs: Vec<git::path::Spec>,
         },
     }
-
-    pub mod exclude {
-        use std::ffi::OsString;
-
-        use git_repository as git;
-
-        #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
-        pub enum Subcommands {
-            /// Check if path-specs are excluded and print the result similar to `git check-ignore`.
-            Query {
-                /// Show actual ignore patterns instead of un-excluding an entry.
-                ///
-                /// That way one can understand why an entry might not be excluded.
-                #[clap(long, short = 'i')]
-                show_ignore_patterns: bool,
-                /// Additional patterns to use for exclusions. They have the highest priority.
-                ///
-                /// Useful for undoing previous patterns using the '!' prefix.
-                #[clap(long, short = 'p')]
-                patterns: Vec<OsString>,
-                /// The git path specifications to check for exclusion, or unset to read from stdin one per line.
-                #[clap(parse(try_from_os_str = std::convert::TryFrom::try_from))]
-                pathspecs: Vec<git::path::Spec>,
-            },
-        }
-    }
 }