diff --git a/gitops-application.go b/gitops-application.go
index 5e5d4b9..1c5d41e 100644
--- a/gitops-application.go
+++ b/gitops-application.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"harness/telemetry"
 	. "harness/types"
 	. "harness/utils"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func applyGitopsApplications(c *cli.Context) error {
 	filePath := c.String("file")
+	githubUsername := c.String("git-user")
 	orgIdentifier := c.String("org-id")
 	projectIdentifier := c.String("project-id")
 
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ func applyGitopsApplications(c *cli.Context) error {
 	fmt.Println("Trying to create or update gitops-application using the yaml=",
 		GetColoredText(filePath, color.FgCyan))
 	var content, _ = ReadFromFile(c.String("file"))
+	if isGithubRepoUrl(content) {
+		if githubUsername == "" || githubUsername == defaults.GITHUB_USERNAME_PLACEHOLDER {
+			githubUsername = TextInput("Enter valid github username:")
+		}
+		content = ReplacePlaceholderValues(content, defaults.GITHUB_USERNAME_PLACEHOLDER, githubUsername)
+	}
+
 	agentIdentifier = c.String("agent-identifier")
 	if agentIdentifier == "" || agentIdentifier == defaults.GITOPS_AGENT_IDENTIFIER_PLACEHOLDER {
 		agentIdentifier = TextInput("Enter a valid AgentIdentifier:")
@@ -176,3 +185,9 @@ func createGitOpsApplicationPUTPayload(requestBody map[string]interface{}) GitOp
 	}
 	return putApp
 }
+
+func isGithubRepoUrl(str string) bool {
+	regexPattern := `repoURL:\s+https:\/\/github.com\/GITHUB_USERNAME`
+	match, _ := regexp.MatchString(regexPattern, str)
+	return match
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 194de64..3e1e0fb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ func main() {
 						Usage: "Create a new secret or Update  an existing one.",
 						Flags: []cli.Flag{
 							&cli.StringFlag{
-								Name: "token",
+								Name:  "token",
 								Usage: "Specify your Secret Token",
 							},
 							&cli.StringFlag{
-								Name: "secret-name",
+								Name:  "secret-name",
 								Usage: "provide the secret name",
 							},
 							&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ func main() {
 								Name:  "agent-identifier",
 								Usage: "provide GitOps Agent Identifier.",
 							},
+							&cli.StringFlag{
+								Name:  "git-user",
+								Usage: "provide your Github username",
+							},
 							altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
 								Name:  "org-id",
 								Usage: "provide an Organization Identifier",