create a util function to clean white spaces from slice

go.mod

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.15.1
 	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 v2.5.9
 	github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20221004132320-98ccd3d43fd9
-	github.com/beaconsoftwarellc/gadget v1.3.8
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.18.1
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.3.1

go.sum

@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.16/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZve
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.24/go.mod h1:tlPOdRjfxPBpNIwqDj61rmsnA85v9jc0Ps9+muhnW+k=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.49/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
-github.com/beaconsoftwarellc/gadget v1.3.8 h1:B9E4VyUeZhg6WwDhEkDOF07dQ9ds1J7oke/0o2kwbBo=
-github.com/beaconsoftwarellc/gadget v1.3.8/go.mod h1:VjsazzjXTA2Aibxhh9b4oouC4/Qk0MQHyq89gO13/6s=
 github.com/beevik/ntp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:hIHWr+l3+/clUnF44zdK+CWW7fO8dR5cIylAQ76NRpg=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=

pkg/git/repository.go

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot/pkg/store"
 	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/beaconsoftwarellc/gadget/stringutil"
 
 	billy "github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5"
 	gg "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
@@ -506,8 +505,10 @@ var createRepo = func(ctx context.Context, opts *CloneOptions) (defaultBranch st
 	}
 
 	_, orgRepo, _, _, _, _, _ := util.ParseGitUrl(opts.Repo)
+
 	// It depends on the provider, but org repo strucure should at least contain org and repo name
-	if len(stringutil.CleanWhiteSpace(strings.Split(orgRepo, "/"))) < 2 {
+	slc := util.CleanSliceWhiteSpaces(strings.Split(orgRepo, "/"))
+	if len(slc) < 2 {
 		return "", errors.New("repo name can't be empty")
 	}
 

pkg/util/util.go

@@ -170,3 +170,14 @@ func StealFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, exceptFor []string) (*pflag.FlagSet, error)
 
 	return fs, nil
 }
+
+func CleanSliceWhiteSpaces(slc []string) []string {
+	var res []string
+	for i := range slc {
+		if slc[i] != "" {
+			res = append(res, slc[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res
+}