diff --git a/cmd/git-sync/main.go b/cmd/git-sync/main.go
index 46331e6..eb148df 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sync/main.go
@@ -403,11 +403,22 @@ func updateSymlink(ctx context.Context, gitRoot, link, newDir string) error {
 }
 
 // addWorktreeAndSwap creates a new worktree and calls updateSymlink to swap the symlink to point to the new worktree
-func addWorktreeAndSwap(ctx context.Context, gitRoot, dest, branch, rev, hash string) error {
+func addWorktreeAndSwap(ctx context.Context, gitRoot, dest, branch, rev string, depth int, hash string) error {
 	log.V(0).Infof("syncing to %s (%s)", rev, hash)
 
+	args := []string{"fetch", "--tags"}
+	if depth != 0 {
+		args = append(args, "--depth", strconv.Itoa(depth))
+	}
+	args = append(args, "origin", branch)
+
 	// Update from the remote.
-	if _, err := runCommand(ctx, gitRoot, *flGitCmd, "fetch", "--tags", "origin", branch); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runCommand(ctx, gitRoot, *flGitCmd, args...); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// GC clone
+	if _, err := runCommand(ctx, gitRoot, *flGitCmd, "gc", "--prune=all"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -533,7 +544,7 @@ func syncRepo(ctx context.Context, repo, branch, rev string, depth int, gitRoot,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return true, addWorktreeAndSwap(ctx, gitRoot, dest, branch, rev, hash)
+	return true, addWorktreeAndSwap(ctx, gitRoot, dest, branch, rev, depth, hash)
 }
 
 // getRevs returns the local and upstream hashes for rev.
diff --git a/test_e2e.sh b/test_e2e.sh
index a6d744a..22b2807 100755
--- a/test_e2e.sh
+++ b/test_e2e.sh
@@ -536,6 +536,56 @@ assert_link_exists "$ROOT"/link
 assert_file_exists "$ROOT"/link/file
 assert_file_eq "$ROOT"/link/file "$TESTCASE 2"
 # Wrap up
+remove_sync_container
+wait
+pass
+
+# Test depth syncing
+testcase "depth"
+# First sync
+echo "$TESTCASE 1" > "$REPO"/file
+expected_depth="1"
+git -C "$REPO" commit -qam "$TESTCASE 1"
+GIT_SYNC \
+    --logtostderr \
+    --v=5 \
+    --wait=0.1 \
+    --repo="$REPO" \
+    --depth="$expected_depth" \
+    --root="$ROOT" \
+    --dest="link" > "$DIR"/log."$TESTCASE" 2>&1 &
+sleep 3
+assert_link_exists "$ROOT"/link
+assert_file_exists "$ROOT"/link/file
+assert_file_eq "$ROOT"/link/file "$TESTCASE 1"
+depth=$(GIT_DIR="$ROOT"/link/.git git log | grep commit | wc -l)
+if [ $expected_depth != $depth ]; then
+    fail "initial depth mismatch expected=$expected_depth actual=$depth"
+fi
+# Move forward
+echo "$TESTCASE 2" > "$REPO"/file
+git -C "$REPO" commit -qam "$TESTCASE 2"
+sleep 3
+assert_link_exists "$ROOT"/link
+assert_file_exists "$ROOT"/link/file
+assert_file_eq "$ROOT"/link/file "$TESTCASE 2"
+depth=$(GIT_DIR="$ROOT"/link/.git git log | grep commit | wc -l)
+if [ $expected_depth != $depth ]; then
+    fail "forward depth mismatch expected=$expected_depth actual=$depth"
+fi
+# Move backward
+git -C "$REPO" reset -q --hard HEAD^
+sleep 3
+assert_link_exists "$ROOT"/link
+assert_file_exists "$ROOT"/link/file
+assert_file_eq "$ROOT"/link/file "$TESTCASE 1"
+depth=$(GIT_DIR="$ROOT"/link/.git git log | grep commit | wc -l)
+if [ $expected_depth != $depth ]; then
+    fail "backward depth mismatch expected=$expected_depth actual=$depth"
+fi
+# Wrap up
+remove_sync_container
+wait
 pass
 
 echo "cleaning up $DIR"