diff --git a/__tests__/git.test.ts b/__tests__/git.test.ts
index 7e181aff..8590cae8 100644
--- a/__tests__/git.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/git.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe("git", () => {
       });
 
       const call = await init();
-      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(4);
+      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(3);
       expect(call).toBe("Initialization step complete...");
     });
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe("git", () => {
 
       const call = await init();
 
-      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(4);
+      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(3);
       expect(call).toBe("Initialization step complete...");
     });
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe("git", () => {
 
       const call = await init();
 
-      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(4);
+      expect(execute).toBeCalledTimes(3);
       expect(call).toBe("Initialization step complete...");
     });
   });
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index a060e751..c78f0178 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function generateBranch() {
             yield util_1.execute(`git reset --hard`, constants_1.workspace);
             yield util_1.execute(`git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial ${constants_1.action.branch} commit."`, constants_1.workspace);
             yield util_1.execute(`git push ${constants_1.repositoryPath} ${constants_1.action.branch}`, constants_1.workspace);
-            yield switchToBaseBranch();
+            yield util_1.execute(`git fetch`, constants_1.workspace);
         }
         catch (error) {
             core.setFailed(`There was an error creating the deployment branch: ${error} ❌`);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function deploy() {
         }
         // Checks out the base branch to begin the deployment process.
         yield switchToBaseBranch();
-        yield util_1.execute(`git fetch origin`, constants_1.workspace);
+        yield util_1.execute(`git fetch ${constants_1.repositoryPath}`, constants_1.workspace);
         yield util_1.execute(`git worktree add --checkout ${temporaryDeploymentDirectory} origin/${constants_1.action.branch}`, constants_1.workspace);
         // Ensures that items that need to be excluded from the clean job get parsed.
         let excludes = "";
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index 7a2065fe..ae3ba639 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export async function init(): Promise<any> {
     await execute(`git init`, workspace);
     await execute(`git config user.name ${action.name}`, workspace);
     await execute(`git config user.email ${action.email}`, workspace);
-    await execute(`git fetch origin`, workspace);
   } catch (error) {
     core.setFailed(`There was an error initializing the repository: ${error}`);
   } finally {
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ export async function generateBranch(): Promise<any> {
       workspace
     );
     await execute(`git push ${repositoryPath} ${action.branch}`, workspace);
-    await switchToBaseBranch();
+    await execute(`git fetch`, workspace);
   } catch (error) {
     core.setFailed(
       `There was an error creating the deployment branch: ${error} ❌`
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ export async function deploy(): Promise<any> {
 
   // Checks out the base branch to begin the deployment process.
   await switchToBaseBranch();
-  await execute(`git fetch origin`, workspace);
+  await execute(`git fetch ${repositoryPath}`, workspace);
   await execute(
     `git worktree add --checkout ${temporaryDeploymentDirectory} origin/${action.branch}`,
     workspace