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+import os
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from langchain_core.documents import Document
+
+from repo2readme.loaders.loader import LocalRepoLoader, UrlRepoLoader
+
+
+def test_local_repo_loader_init():
+    loader = LocalRepoLoader(
+        folder_path="repo",
+        include_patterns=["*.py"],
+        exclude_patterns=["tests/*"],
+        max_file_size_kb=100,
+    )
+
+    assert loader.folder_path == "repo"
+    assert loader.include_patterns == ["*.py"]
+    assert loader.exclude_patterns == ["tests/*"]
+    assert loader.max_file_size_kb == 100
+
+
+def test_local_loader_missing_folder():
+    loader = LocalRepoLoader("does_not_exist")
+
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        loader.load()
+
+
+@patch("repo2readme.loaders.loader.github_file_filter")
+def test_should_include(mock_filter, tmp_path):
+    mock_filter.return_value = True
+
+    loader = LocalRepoLoader(str(tmp_path))
+
+    file = tmp_path / "a.py"
+    file.write_text("print('hi')")
+
+    assert loader._should_include(str(file))
+
+    mock_filter.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@patch("repo2readme.loaders.loader.TextLoader")
+def test_load_adds_metadata(mock_loader, tmp_path):
+    file = tmp_path / "main.py"
+    file.write_text("print('hello')")
+
+    mock_loader.return_value.load.return_value = [
+        Document(page_content="hello", metadata={})
+    ]
+
+    loader = LocalRepoLoader(str(tmp_path))
+
+    docs, root = loader.load()
+
+    assert root == str(tmp_path)
+    assert len(docs) == 1
+
+    metadata = docs[0].metadata
+
+    assert metadata["file_name"] == "main.py"
+    assert metadata["file_type"] == ".py"
+    assert metadata["relative_path"] == "main.py"
+    assert metadata["file_path"].endswith("main.py")
+
+
+@patch("repo2readme.loaders.loader.TextLoader")
+def test_load_handles_loader_exception(mock_loader, tmp_path, capsys):
+    file = tmp_path / "bad.py"
+    file.write_text("print('bad')")
+
+    mock_loader.return_value.load.side_effect = Exception("boom")
+
+    loader = LocalRepoLoader(str(tmp_path))
+
+    docs, _ = loader.load()
+
+    assert docs == []
+
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "[ERROR]" in captured.out
+
+
+def test_url_loader_init():
+    loader = UrlRepoLoader(
+        clone_url="https://github.com/user/repo.git",
+        branch="dev",
+        include_patterns=["*.py"],
+        exclude_patterns=["tests/*"],
+        max_file_size_kb=50,
+    )
+
+    assert loader.clone_url.endswith("repo.git")
+    assert loader.branch == "dev"
+    assert loader.include_patterns == ["*.py"]
+    assert loader.exclude_patterns == ["tests/*"]
+    assert loader.max_file_size_kb == 50
+    assert loader.temp_dir is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "url,expected",
+    [
+        ("https://github.com/user/repo.git", "repo"),
+        ("https://github.com/user/repo", "repo"),
+        ("git@github.com:user/repo.git", "repo"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_repo_name(url, expected):
+    loader = UrlRepoLoader(url)
+
+    assert loader.get_repo_name() == expected
+
+
+@patch("repo2readme.loaders.loader.github_file_filter")
+def test_url_should_include(mock_filter):
+    mock_filter.return_value = True
+
+    loader = UrlRepoLoader("https://github.com/user/repo.git")
+    loader.temp_dir = "/tmp/repo"
+
+    assert loader._should_include("/tmp/repo/src/main.py")
+
+    mock_filter.assert_called_once()
+
+@patch("repo2readme.loaders.loader.GitLoader")
+def test_url_load_metadata(mock_gitloader):
+    document = Document(
+        page_content="hello",
+        metadata={"source": "src/main.py"},
+    )
+
+    mock_gitloader.return_value.load.return_value = [document]
+
+    loader = UrlRepoLoader(
+        "https://github.com/user/repo.git",
+        branch="main",
+    )
+
+    docs, _ = loader.load()
+
+    try:
+        assert len(docs) == 1
+
+        metadata = docs[0].metadata
+
+        assert metadata["file_name"] == "main.py"
+        assert metadata["file_type"] == ".py"
+        assert metadata["relative_path"] == "src/main.py"
+        assert metadata["file_path"].endswith("src/main.py")
+
+        mock_gitloader.assert_called_once()
+    finally:
+        loader.cleanup()
+
+def test_cleanup(tmp_path):
+    loader = UrlRepoLoader("https://github.com/user/repo.git")
+
+    loader.temp_dir = str(tmp_path)
+
+    assert os.path.exists(loader.temp_dir)
+
+    loader.cleanup()
+
+    assert not os.path.exists(loader.temp_dir)
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