diff --git a/src/cli/actions/remoteAction.ts b/src/cli/actions/remoteAction.ts
index 992d4c95f..1cfbcf719 100644
--- a/src/cli/actions/remoteAction.ts
+++ b/src/cli/actions/remoteAction.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const runRemoteAction = async (
     spinner.start();
 
     // Clone the repository
-    await cloneRepository(formatGitUrl(repoUrl), tempDirPath, {
+    await cloneRepository(formatGitUrl(repoUrl), tempDirPath, options.remoteBranch, {
       execGitShallowClone: deps.execGitShallowClone,
     });
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export const createTempDirectory = async (): Promise<string> => {
 export const cloneRepository = async (
   url: string,
   directory: string,
+  branch?: string,
   deps = {
     execGitShallowClone: execGitShallowClone,
   },
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export const cloneRepository = async (
   logger.log('');
 
   try {
-    await deps.execGitShallowClone(url, directory);
+    await deps.execGitShallowClone(url, directory, branch);
   } catch (error) {
     throw new RepomixError(`Failed to clone repository: ${(error as Error).message}`);
   }
diff --git a/src/cli/cliRun.ts b/src/cli/cliRun.ts
index 0693016bb..775ba5d9b 100644
--- a/src/cli/cliRun.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cliRun.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface CliOptions extends OptionValues {
   init?: boolean;
   global?: boolean;
   remote?: string;
+  remoteBranch?: string;
 }
 
 export const run = async () => {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const run = async () => {
       .option('--init', 'initialize a new repomix.config.json file')
       .option('--global', 'use global configuration (only applicable with --init)')
       .option('--remote <url>', 'process a remote Git repository')
+      .option('--remote-branch <name>', 'select a specific branch or commit id')
       .action((directory = '.', options: CliOptions = {}) => executeAction(directory, process.cwd(), options));
 
     await program.parseAsync(process.argv);
diff --git a/src/core/file/gitCommand.ts b/src/core/file/gitCommand.ts
index c243f7e92..b8801ee7b 100644
--- a/src/core/file/gitCommand.ts
+++ b/src/core/file/gitCommand.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ export const isGitInstalled = async (
 export const execGitShallowClone = async (
   url: string,
   directory: string,
+  branch?: string,
   deps = {
     execAsync,
   },
 ) => {
-  await deps.execAsync(`git clone --depth 1 ${url} ${directory}`);
+  await deps.execAsync(`git clone --depth 1 ${branch ? `-b ${branch} ` : ''}${url} ${directory}`);
 };
diff --git a/tests/core/file/gitCommand.test.ts b/tests/core/file/gitCommand.test.ts
index cc5c790c8..1864390bd 100644
--- a/tests/core/file/gitCommand.test.ts
+++ b/tests/core/file/gitCommand.test.ts
@@ -44,21 +44,34 @@ describe('gitCommand', () => {
       const mockExecAsync = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ stdout: '', stderr: '' });
       const url = 'https://github.com/user/repo.git';
       const directory = '/tmp/repo';
+      const branch = 'master';
 
-      await execGitShallowClone(url, directory, { execAsync: mockExecAsync });
+      await execGitShallowClone(url, directory, branch, { execAsync: mockExecAsync });
 
-      expect(mockExecAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`git clone --depth 1 ${url} ${directory}`);
+      expect(mockExecAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`git clone --depth 1 -b ${branch} ${url} ${directory}`);
     });
 
     test('should throw error when git clone fails', async () => {
       const mockExecAsync = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Authentication failed'));
       const url = 'https://github.com/user/repo.git';
       const directory = '/tmp/repo';
+      const branch = 'master';
 
-      await expect(execGitShallowClone(url, directory, { execAsync: mockExecAsync })).rejects.toThrow(
+      await expect(execGitShallowClone(url, directory, branch, { execAsync: mockExecAsync })).rejects.toThrow(
         'Authentication failed',
       );
 
+      expect(mockExecAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`git clone --depth 1 -b ${branch} ${url} ${directory}`);
+    });
+
+    test('should execute without branch option if not specified by user', async () => {
+      const mockExecAsync = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ stdout: '', stderr: '' });
+      const url = 'https://github.com/user/repo.git';
+      const directory = '/tmp/repo';
+      const branch = undefined;
+
+      await execGitShallowClone(url, directory, branch, { execAsync: mockExecAsync });
+
       expect(mockExecAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`git clone --depth 1 ${url} ${directory}`);
     });
   });