diff --git a/src/common/utils/registry/auth/credential.go b/src/common/utils/registry/auth/credential.go
index fcac4c350..b93077101 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/registry/auth/credential.go
+++ b/src/common/utils/registry/auth/credential.go
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ func NewBasicAuthCredential(username, password string) Credential {
 }
 
 func (b *basicAuthCredential) AddAuthorization(req *http.Request) {
-	// only add the authentication info when the username isn't empty
-	// the logic is needed for requesting resources from docker hub's
-	// public repositories
-	if len(b.username) > 0 {
-		req.SetBasicAuth(b.username, b.password)
-	}
+	req.SetBasicAuth(b.username, b.password)
 }
 
 // implement github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/http/modifier.Modifier
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go b/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go
index 68f6d1be9..374ebf8c4 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go
@@ -10,40 +10,60 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/utils/log"
+	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/utils/registry/auth"
 	adp "github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/replication/adapter"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/replication/model"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/replication/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	if err := adp.RegisterFactory(model.RegistryTypeDockerHub, func(registry *model.Registry) (adp.Adapter, error) {
-		registry.URL = baseURL
-		client, err := NewClient(registry)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		reg, err := adp.NewDefaultImageRegistry(&model.Registry{
-			Name:       registry.Name,
-			URL:        registryURL,
-			Credential: registry.Credential,
-			Insecure:   registry.Insecure,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return &adapter{
-			client:               client,
-			registry:             registry,
-			DefaultImageRegistry: reg,
-		}, nil
-	}); err != nil {
+	if err := adp.RegisterFactory(model.RegistryTypeDockerHub, factory); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Register adapter factory for %s error: %v", model.RegistryTypeDockerHub, err)
 		return
 	}
 	log.Infof("Factory for adapter %s registered", model.RegistryTypeDockerHub)
 }
 
+func factory(registry *model.Registry) (adp.Adapter, error) {
+	client, err := NewClient(&model.Registry{
+		URL:        baseURL, // specify the URL of Docker Hub
+		Credential: registry.Credential,
+		Insecure:   registry.Insecure,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// if the registry.Credentail isn't specified, the credential here is nil
+	// the client will request the token with no authentication
+	// this is needed for pulling images from public repositories
+	var credential auth.Credential
+	if registry.Credential != nil && len(registry.Credential.AccessSecret) != 0 {
+		credential = auth.NewBasicAuthCredential(
+			registry.Credential.AccessKey,
+			registry.Credential.AccessSecret)
+	}
+	authorizer := auth.NewStandardTokenAuthorizer(&http.Client{
+		Transport: util.GetHTTPTransport(registry.Insecure),
+	}, credential)
+
+	reg, err := adp.NewDefaultImageRegistryWithCustomizedAuthorizer(&model.Registry{
+		Name:       registry.Name,
+		URL:        registryURL, // specify the URL of Docker Hub registry service
+		Credential: registry.Credential,
+		Insecure:   registry.Insecure,
+	}, authorizer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &adapter{
+		client:               client,
+		registry:             registry,
+		DefaultImageRegistry: reg,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 type adapter struct {
 	*adp.DefaultImageRegistry
 	registry *model.Registry
@@ -111,8 +131,7 @@ func (a *adapter) PrepareForPush(resources []*model.Resource) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// ListNamespaces lists namespaces from DockerHub with the provided query conditions.
-func (a *adapter) ListNamespaces(query *model.NamespaceQuery) ([]*model.Namespace, error) {
+func (a *adapter) listNamespaces() ([]string, error) {
 	resp, err := a.client.Do(http.MethodGet, listNamespacePath, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -134,18 +153,8 @@ func (a *adapter) ListNamespaces(query *model.NamespaceQuery) ([]*model.Namespac
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	var result []*model.Namespace
-	for _, ns := range namespaces.Namespaces {
-		// If query set, skip the namespace that doesn't match the query.
-		if query != nil && len(query.Name) > 0 && strings.Index(ns, query.Name) != -1 {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		result = append(result, &model.Namespace{
-			Name: ns,
-		})
-	}
-	return result, nil
+	log.Debugf("got namespaces %v by calling the listing namespaces API", namespaces)
+	return namespaces.Namespaces, nil
 }
 
 // CreateNamespace creates a new namespace in DockerHub
@@ -229,7 +238,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	namespaces, err := a.ListNamespaces(nil)
+	namespaces, err := a.listCandidateNamespaces(nameFilter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -239,7 +248,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 		pageSize := 100
 		n := 0
 		for {
-			pageRepos, err := a.getRepos(ns.Name, "", page, pageSize)
+			pageRepos, err := a.getRepos(ns, "", page, pageSize)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("get repos for namespace '%s' from DockerHub error: %v", ns, err)
 			}
@@ -252,7 +261,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 
 			page++
 		}
-		log.Debugf("got %d repositories for namespace %s", n, ns.Name)
+		log.Debugf("got %d repositories for namespace %s", n, ns)
 	}
 
 	var resources []*model.Resource
@@ -319,6 +328,22 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 	return resources, nil
 }
 
+func (a *adapter) listCandidateNamespaces(pattern string) ([]string, error) {
+	namespaces := []string{}
+	if len(pattern) > 0 {
+		substrings := strings.Split(pattern, "/")
+		namespacePattern := substrings[0]
+		if nms, ok := util.IsSpecificPathComponent(namespacePattern); ok {
+			namespaces = append(namespaces, nms...)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(namespaces) > 0 {
+		log.Debugf("parsed the namespaces %v from pattern %s", namespaces, pattern)
+		return namespaces, nil
+	}
+	return a.listNamespaces()
+}
+
 // DeleteManifest ...
 // Note: DockerHub only supports delete by tag
 func (a *adapter) DeleteManifest(repository, reference string) error {
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter_test.go b/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter_test.go
index 70a09ad51..9ffc61f50 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter_test.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/dockerhub/adapter_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+// TODO add more unit test
+
 const (
 	testUser     = ""
 	testPassword = ""
@@ -42,9 +44,9 @@ func TestListNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	ad := getAdapter(t)
 	adapter := ad.(*adapter)
 
-	namespaces, err := adapter.ListNamespaces(nil)
+	namespaces, err := adapter.listNamespaces()
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	for _, ns := range namespaces {
-		fmt.Println(ns.Name)
+		fmt.Println(ns)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
index e9b086156..7c604fa6b 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
@@ -231,5 +231,5 @@ func (a *adapter) getProject(name string) (*project, error) {
 			return p, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("project %s not found", name)
+	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
index 66acfe2cd..1f15cd196 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ type chartVersionMetadata struct {
 }
 
 func (a *adapter) FetchCharts(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error) {
-	// TODO optimize the performance
-	projects, err := a.getProjects("")
+	projects, err := a.listCandidateProjects(filters)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
index b982262c8..5512046bf 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ package harbor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/utils/log"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/replication/model"
+	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/replication/util"
 )
 
 type repository struct {
@@ -55,8 +58,7 @@ func (t *tag) Match(filters []*model.Filter) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error) {
-	// TODO optimize the performance
-	projects, err := a.getProjects("")
+	projects, err := a.listCandidateProjects(filters)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -105,6 +107,43 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 	return resources, nil
 }
 
+func (a *adapter) listCandidateProjects(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*project, error) {
+	pattern := ""
+	for _, filter := range filters {
+		if filter.Type == model.FilterTypeName {
+			pattern = filter.Value.(string)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	projects := []*project{}
+	if len(pattern) > 0 {
+		substrings := strings.Split(pattern, "/")
+		projectPattern := substrings[0]
+		names, ok := util.IsSpecificPathComponent(projectPattern)
+		if ok {
+			for _, name := range names {
+				project, err := a.getProject(name)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				if project == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				projects = append(projects, project)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(projects) > 0 {
+		names := []string{}
+		for _, project := range projects {
+			names = append(names, project.Name)
+		}
+		log.Debugf("parsed the projects %v from pattern %s", names, pattern)
+		return projects, nil
+	}
+	return a.getProjects("")
+}
+
 // override the default implementation from the default image registry
 // by calling Harbor API directly
 func (a *adapter) DeleteManifest(repository, reference string) error {
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/image_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/image_registry.go
index cf25eada4..4529cc9c0 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/image_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/image_registry.go
@@ -62,12 +62,7 @@ type DefaultImageRegistry struct {
 
 // NewDefaultImageRegistry returns an instance of DefaultImageRegistry
 func NewDefaultImageRegistry(registry *model.Registry) (*DefaultImageRegistry, error) {
-	transport := util.GetHTTPTransport(registry.Insecure)
-	modifiers := []modifier.Modifier{
-		&auth.UserAgentModifier{
-			UserAgent: UserAgentReplication,
-		},
-	}
+	var authorizer modifier.Modifier
 	if registry.Credential != nil && len(registry.Credential.AccessSecret) != 0 {
 		var cred modifier.Modifier
 		if registry.Credential.Type == model.CredentialTypeSecret {
@@ -83,10 +78,22 @@ func NewDefaultImageRegistry(registry *model.Registry) (*DefaultImageRegistry, e
 		if len(registry.CoreURL) > 0 {
 			tokenServiceURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s/service/token", registry.CoreURL)
 		}
-		authorizer := auth.NewStandardTokenAuthorizer(&http.Client{
-			Transport: transport,
+		authorizer = auth.NewStandardTokenAuthorizer(&http.Client{
+			Transport: util.GetHTTPTransport(registry.Insecure),
 		}, cred, tokenServiceURL)
+	}
+	return NewDefaultImageRegistryWithCustomizedAuthorizer(registry, authorizer)
+}
 
+// NewDefaultImageRegistryWithCustomizedAuthorizer returns an instance of DefaultImageRegistry with the customized authorizer
+func NewDefaultImageRegistryWithCustomizedAuthorizer(registry *model.Registry, authorizer modifier.Modifier) (*DefaultImageRegistry, error) {
+	transport := util.GetHTTPTransport(registry.Insecure)
+	modifiers := []modifier.Modifier{
+		&auth.UserAgentModifier{
+			UserAgent: UserAgentReplication,
+		},
+	}
+	if authorizer != nil {
 		modifiers = append(modifiers, authorizer)
 	}
 	client := &http.Client{
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/native/image_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/native/image_registry.go
index 31ab4c0b2..d279b6ede 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/native/image_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/native/image_registry.go
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ func (n native) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error)
 }
 
 func (n native) filterRepositories(pattern string) ([]string, error) {
-	// if is a specific repository name
-	// just to make sure the repository exists
-	if len(pattern) > 0 && util.IsSpecificRepositoryName(pattern) {
-		// check is repository exist later at filterTags.
-		return []string{pattern}, nil
+	// if the pattern is a specific repository name, just returns the parsed repositories
+	// and will check the existence later when filtering the tags
+	if repositories, ok := util.IsSpecificPath(pattern); ok {
+		return repositories, nil
 	}
 	// search repositories from catalog api
 	repositories, err := n.Catalog()
diff --git a/src/replication/util/pattern.go b/src/replication/util/pattern.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0c15e6e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/replication/util/pattern.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Copyright Project Harbor Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar"
+)
+
+// Match returns whether the str matches the pattern
+func Match(pattern, str string) (bool, error) {
+	if len(pattern) == 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return doublestar.Match(pattern, str)
+}
+
+// IsSpecificPath checks whether the input path is a specified string
+// If it is, the function returns a string array that parsed from the input path
+// A specified string means we can get a specific string array after parsing it
+// "library/hello-world" is a specified string as it only matches "library/hello-world"
+// "library/**" isn't a specified string as it can match all string that starts with "library/"
+// "library/{test,busybox}" is a specified string as it only matches "library/hello-world" and "library/busybox"
+func IsSpecificPath(path string) ([]string, bool) {
+	if len(path) == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	components := [][]string{}
+	for _, component := range strings.Split(path, "/") {
+		strs, ok := IsSpecificPathComponent(component)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		components = append(components, strs)
+	}
+
+	result := []string{}
+	for _, component := range components {
+		result = combinationPathComponents(result, component)
+	}
+	return result, true
+}
+
+func combinationPathComponents(components1, components2 []string) []string {
+	if len(components1) == 0 {
+		return components2
+	}
+	if len(components2) == 0 {
+		return components1
+	}
+	components := []string{}
+	for _, component1 := range components1 {
+		for _, component2 := range components2 {
+			components = append(components, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", component1, component2))
+		}
+	}
+	return components
+}
+
+// IsSpecificPathComponent checks whether the input path component is a specified string
+// If it is, the function returns a string array that parsed from the input component
+// A specified string means we can get a specific string array after parsing it
+// "library" is a specified string as it only matches "library"
+// "library*" isn't a specified string as it can match all string that starts with "library"
+// "{library, test}" is a specified string as it only matches "library" and "test"
+// Note: the function doesn't support the component that contains more than one "{"
+// such as "a{b{c,d}e}f"
+func IsSpecificPathComponent(component string) ([]string, bool) {
+	if len(component) == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	// contains any of *?[\\]^
+	if strings.ContainsAny(component, "*?[\\]^/") {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	// doesn't contain {},
+	if !strings.ContainsAny(component, "{},") {
+		return []string{component}, true
+	}
+	// support only one pair of {} currently
+	n := strings.Count(component, "{")
+	if n > 1 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	i := strings.Index(component, "{")
+	if i == -1 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	j := strings.LastIndex(component, "}")
+	if j == -1 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	if i > j {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	prefix := component[:i]
+	suffix := ""
+	if j+1 < len(component) {
+		suffix = component[j+1:]
+	}
+	components := []string{}
+	strs := strings.Split(component[i+1:j], ",")
+	for _, str := range strs {
+		components = append(components, prefix+str+suffix)
+	}
+	return components, true
+}
diff --git a/src/replication/util/pattern_test.go b/src/replication/util/pattern_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11bff0f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/replication/util/pattern_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Copyright Project Harbor Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		pattern string
+		str     string
+		match   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			pattern: "",
+			str:     "library",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "*",
+			str:     "library",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "*",
+			str:     "library/hello-world",
+			match:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "**",
+			str:     "library/hello-world",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "{library,harbor}/**",
+			str:     "library/hello-world",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "{library,harbor}/**",
+			str:     "harbor/hello-world",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "1.?",
+			str:     "1.0",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern: "1.?",
+			str:     "1.01",
+			match:   false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		match, err := Match(c.pattern, c.str)
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, c.match, match)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsSpecificPathComponent(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		component        string
+		isSpecific       bool
+		resultComponents []string
+	}{
+		{
+			component:        "",
+			isSpecific:       false,
+			resultComponents: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "library/hello-world",
+			isSpecific:       false,
+			resultComponents: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "library",
+			isSpecific:       true,
+			resultComponents: []string{"library"},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "lib*",
+			isSpecific:       false,
+			resultComponents: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "{library}",
+			isSpecific:       true,
+			resultComponents: []string{"library"},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "{library,test}",
+			isSpecific:       true,
+			resultComponents: []string{"library", "test"},
+		},
+		{
+			component:        "{library{a}c}",
+			isSpecific:       false,
+			resultComponents: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		fmt.Printf("running case %d ...\n", i)
+		components, ok := IsSpecificPathComponent(c.component)
+		require.Equal(t, c.isSpecific, ok)
+		require.Equal(t, len(c.resultComponents), len(components))
+		for i := range components {
+			assert.Equal(t, c.resultComponents[i], components[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsSpecificPath(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		path        string
+		isSpecific  bool
+		resultPaths []string
+	}{
+		{
+			path:        "",
+			isSpecific:  false,
+			resultPaths: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			path:        "library",
+			isSpecific:  true,
+			resultPaths: []string{"library"},
+		},
+		{
+			path:        "library/hello-world",
+			isSpecific:  true,
+			resultPaths: []string{"library/hello-world"},
+		},
+		{
+			path:        "library/**",
+			isSpecific:  false,
+			resultPaths: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			path:        "{library}",
+			isSpecific:  true,
+			resultPaths: []string{"library"},
+		},
+		{
+			path:        "library/{hello-world,busybox}",
+			isSpecific:  true,
+			resultPaths: []string{"library/hello-world", "library/busybox"},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		fmt.Printf("running case %d ...\n", i)
+		paths, ok := IsSpecificPath(c.path)
+		require.Equal(t, c.isSpecific, ok)
+		require.Equal(t, len(c.resultPaths), len(paths))
+		for i := range paths {
+			assert.Equal(t, c.resultPaths[i], paths[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/replication/util/util.go b/src/replication/util/util.go
index 2bf90223f..3250cb5d3 100644
--- a/src/replication/util/util.go
+++ b/src/replication/util/util.go
@@ -18,31 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/utils/log"
-
-	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/utils/registry"
 )
 
-// Match returns whether the str matches the pattern
-func Match(pattern, str string) (bool, error) {
-	if len(pattern) == 0 {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-	match, err := doublestar.Match(pattern, str)
-	if err == doublestar.ErrBadPattern {
-		log.Warningf("failed to match the string %s against pattern %s: %v", str, pattern, err)
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return match, err
-}
-
-// IsSpecificRepositoryName if the name not contains any char of "*?[{\\]}^,",
-// it is a specific repository name.
-func IsSpecificRepositoryName(name string) bool {
-	return !strings.ContainsAny(name, "*?[{\\]}^,")
-}
-
 // GetHTTPTransport can be used to share the common HTTP transport
 func GetHTTPTransport(insecure bool) *http.Transport {
 	return registry.GetHTTPTransport(insecure)
diff --git a/src/replication/util/util_test.go b/src/replication/util/util_test.go
index 79f139e29..04e79dca0 100644
--- a/src/replication/util/util_test.go
+++ b/src/replication/util/util_test.go
@@ -18,68 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		pattern string
-		str     string
-		match   bool
-	}{
-		{
-			pattern: "",
-			str:     "library",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "*",
-			str:     "library",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "*",
-			str:     "library/hello-world",
-			match:   false,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "**",
-			str:     "library/hello-world",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "{library,harbor}/**",
-			str:     "library/hello-world",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "{library,harbor}/**",
-			str:     "harbor/hello-world",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "1.?",
-			str:     "1.0",
-			match:   true,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "1.?",
-			str:     "1.01",
-			match:   false,
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: "a[",
-			str:     "aaa",
-			match:   false,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		match, err := Match(c.pattern, c.str)
-		require.Nil(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, c.match, match)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetHTTPTransport(t *testing.T) {
 	transport := GetHTTPTransport(true)
 	assert.True(t, transport.TLSClientConfig.InsecureSkipVerify)
@@ -109,70 +49,3 @@ func TestParseRepository(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "a/b", namespace)
 	assert.Equal(t, "c", rest)
 }
-func TestIsSpecificRepositoryName(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		input string
-		want  bool
-	}{
-		{"Is Specific", "a", true},
-		{"Is Specific", "abc", true},
-		{"Is Specific", "a/b", true},
-		{"Is Specific", "a/b/c", true},
-		{"Not Specific", "*", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "?", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "*c", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a*", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a*b*c*d*e*", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a*b?c*x", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[c]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[b-d]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[e-g]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[^c]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[^b-d]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab[^e-g]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a\\*b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a?b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a[^a]b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a???b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a[^a][^a][^a]b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[a-ζ]*", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "*[a-ζ]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a?b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a*b", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[\\-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[x\\-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[x\\-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[x\\-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[\\-x]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[\\-x]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[\\-x]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[a-b-c]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "*x", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[abc]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "**", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab{c,d}", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab{c,d,*}", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "abc**", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[]a]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[x-]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[-x]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "\\", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[a-b-c]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[^", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "^", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "]", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "[^bc", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "a[", false},
-		{"Not Specific", "ab{c,d}[", false},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
-			var got = IsSpecificRepositoryName(tt.input)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
-		})
-	}
-}