diff --git a/cmd/clone.go b/cmd/clone.go
index 73c30bb..80f1c63 100644
--- a/cmd/clone.go
+++ b/cmd/clone.go
@@ -756,6 +756,25 @@ func CloneAllRepos(git git.Gitter, cloneTargets []scm.Repo) {
 					}
 
 				} else {
+					if os.Getenv("GHORG_FETCH_ALL") == "true" {
+						err = git.FetchAll(repo)
+
+						if err != nil {
+							e := fmt.Sprintf("Could not fetch remotes: %s Error: %v", repo.URL, err)
+							cloneErrors = append(cloneErrors, e)
+							return
+						}
+					} else {
+						err = git.FetchCloneBranch(repo)
+
+						if err != nil {
+							e := fmt.Sprintf("Could not fetch remote: %s Error: %v", repo.URL, err)
+							cloneErrors = append(cloneErrors, e)
+							return
+						}
+					}
+
+
 					err := git.Checkout(repo)
 					if err != nil {
 						e := fmt.Sprintf("Could not checkout out %s, branch may not exist or may not have any contents, no changes made on: %s Error: %v", repo.CloneBranch, repo.URL, err)
@@ -789,16 +808,6 @@ func CloneAllRepos(git git.Gitter, cloneTargets []scm.Repo) {
 
 					action = "pulling"
 					pulledCount++
-
-					if os.Getenv("GHORG_FETCH_ALL") == "true" {
-						err = git.FetchAll(repo)
-
-						if err != nil {
-							e := fmt.Sprintf("Could not fetch remotes: %s Error: %v", repo.URL, err)
-							cloneErrors = append(cloneErrors, e)
-							return
-						}
-					}
 				}
 
 				err = git.SetOrigin(repo)
diff --git a/cmd/clone_test.go b/cmd/clone_test.go
index 00ddc1a..929c3f8 100644
--- a/cmd/clone_test.go
+++ b/cmd/clone_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func (g MockGitClient) FetchAll(repo scm.Repo) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (g MockGitClient) FetchCloneBranch(repo scm.Repo) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestInitialClone(t *testing.T) {
 	defer UnsetEnv("GHORG_")()
 	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ghorg_test_initial")
diff --git a/git/git.go b/git/git.go
index c7f8e4a..d40bd9c 100644
--- a/git/git.go
+++ b/git/git.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Gitter interface {
 	Checkout(scm.Repo) error
 	UpdateRemote(scm.Repo) error
 	FetchAll(scm.Repo) error
+	FetchCloneBranch(scm.Repo) error
 }
 
 type GitClient struct{}
@@ -175,3 +176,19 @@ func (g GitClient) FetchAll(repo scm.Repo) error {
 	}
 	return cmd.Run()
 }
+
+func (g GitClient) FetchCloneBranch(repo scm.Repo) error {
+	args := []string{"fetch", "origin", repo.CloneBranch}
+
+	if os.Getenv("GHORG_CLONE_DEPTH") != "" {
+		index := 1
+		args = append(args[:index+1], args[index:]...)
+		args[index] = fmt.Sprintf("--depth=%v", os.Getenv("GHORG_CLONE_DEPTH"))
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
+	cmd.Dir = repo.HostPath
+	if os.Getenv("GHORG_DEBUG") != "" {
+		return printDebugCmd(cmd, repo)
+	}
+	return cmd.Run()
+}