diff --git a/osc/commands_git/pr_dump.py b/osc/commands_git/pr_dump.py
index 039b550a..d44216ec 100644
--- a/osc/commands_git/pr_dump.py
+++ b/osc/commands_git/pr_dump.py
@@ -40,62 +40,6 @@ class PullRequestDumpCommand(osc.commandline_git.GitObsCommand):
             help="Pull request ID in <owner>/<repo>#<number> format",
         ).completer = complete_checkout_pr
 
-    def clone_or_update(
-        self,
-        owner: str,
-        repo: str,
-        *,
-        pr_number: Optional[int] = None,
-        branch: Optional[str] = None,
-        commit: str,
-        directory: str,
-        reference: Optional[str] = None,
-    ):
-        from osc import gitea_api
-
-        if not pr_number and not branch:
-            raise ValueError("Either 'pr_number' or 'branch' must be specified")
-
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(directory, ".git")):
-            gitea_api.Repo.clone(
-                self.gitea_conn,
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                directory=directory,
-                add_remotes=True,
-                reference=reference,
-            )
-
-        git = gitea_api.Git(directory)
-        git_owner, git_repo = git.get_owner_repo()
-        assert git_owner.lower() == owner.lower(), f"owner does not match: {git_owner} != {owner}"
-        assert git_repo.lower() == repo.lower(), f"repo does not match: {git_repo} != {repo}"
-
-        if pr_number:
-            # ``git reset`` is required for fetching the pull request into an existing branch correctly
-            # without it, ``git submodule status`` is broken and returns old data
-            git.reset()
-            # checkout the pull request and check if HEAD matches head/sha from Gitea
-            pr_branch = git.fetch_pull_request(pr_number, commit=commit, force=True)
-            git.switch(pr_branch)
-            head_commit = git.get_branch_head()
-            assert (
-                head_commit == commit
-            ), f"HEAD of the current branch '{pr_branch}' is '{head_commit}' but the Gitea pull request points to '{commit}'"
-        elif branch:
-            git.switch(branch)
-
-            # run 'git fetch' only when the branch head is different to the expected commit
-            head_commit = git.get_branch_head()
-            if head_commit != commit:
-                git.fetch()
-
-            if not git.branch_contains_commit(commit=commit, remote="origin"):
-                raise RuntimeError(f"Branch '{branch}' doesn't contain commit '{commit}'")
-            git.reset(commit, hard=True)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("Either 'pr_number' or 'branch' must be specified")
-
     def run(self, args):
         import json
         import shutil
@@ -278,11 +222,11 @@ class PullRequestDumpCommand(osc.commandline_git.GitObsCommand):
 
             base_dir = os.path.join(path, "base")
             # we must use the `merge_base` instead of `head_commit`, because the latter changes after merging the PR and the `base` directory would contain incorrect data
-            self.clone_or_update(owner, repo, branch=pr_obj.base_branch, commit=pr_obj.merge_base, directory=base_dir)
+            gitea_api.Repo.clone_or_update(self.gitea_conn, owner, repo, branch=pr_obj.base_branch, commit=pr_obj.merge_base, directory=base_dir)
 
             head_dir = os.path.join(path, "head")
-            self.clone_or_update(
-                owner, repo, pr_number=pr_obj.number, commit=pr_obj.head_commit, directory=head_dir, reference=base_dir
+            gitea_api.Repo.clone_or_update(
+                self.gitea_conn, owner, repo, pr_number=pr_obj.number, commit=pr_obj.head_commit, directory=head_dir, reference=base_dir
             )
 
             with open(os.path.join(metadata_dir, "submodules-base.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
diff --git a/osc/gitea_api/repo.py b/osc/gitea_api/repo.py
index 5aec9f82..fef1d9ff 100644
--- a/osc/gitea_api/repo.py
+++ b/osc/gitea_api/repo.py
@@ -196,6 +196,64 @@ class Repo(GiteaModel):
 
         return directory_abspath
 
+    @classmethod
+    def clone_or_update(
+        cls,
+        conn: Connection,
+        owner: str,
+        repo: str,
+        *,
+        pr_number: Optional[int] = None,
+        branch: Optional[str] = None,
+        commit: str,
+        directory: str,
+        reference: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        from osc import gitea_api
+
+        if not pr_number and not branch:
+            raise ValueError("Either 'pr_number' or 'branch' must be specified")
+
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(directory, ".git")):
+            gitea_api.Repo.clone(
+                conn,
+                owner,
+                repo,
+                directory=directory,
+                add_remotes=True,
+                reference=reference,
+            )
+
+        git = gitea_api.Git(directory)
+        git_owner, git_repo = git.get_owner_repo()
+        assert git_owner.lower() == owner.lower(), f"owner does not match: {git_owner} != {owner}"
+        assert git_repo.lower() == repo.lower(), f"repo does not match: {git_repo} != {repo}"
+
+        if pr_number:
+            # ``git reset`` is required for fetching the pull request into an existing branch correctly
+            # without it, ``git submodule status`` is broken and returns old data
+            git.reset()
+            # checkout the pull request and check if HEAD matches head/sha from Gitea
+            pr_branch = git.fetch_pull_request(pr_number, commit=commit, force=True)
+            git.switch(pr_branch)
+            head_commit = git.get_branch_head()
+            assert (
+                head_commit == commit
+            ), f"HEAD of the current branch '{pr_branch}' is '{head_commit}' but the Gitea pull request points to '{commit}'"
+        elif branch:
+            git.switch(branch)
+
+            # run 'git fetch' only when the branch head is different to the expected commit
+            head_commit = git.get_branch_head()
+            if head_commit != commit:
+                git.fetch()
+
+            if not git.branch_contains_commit(commit=commit, remote="origin"):
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Branch '{branch}' doesn't contain commit '{commit}'")
+            git.reset(commit, hard=True)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Either 'pr_number' or 'branch' must be specified")
+
     @classmethod
     def list_org_repos(cls, conn: Connection, owner: str) -> List["Repo"]:
         """