diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 7501040..723b6f4 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ inputs:
     description: '[Optional] commit message for the output repository. ORIGIN_COMMIT is replaced by the URL@commit in the origin repo'
     default: 'Update from ORIGIN_COMMIT'
     required: false
+  target-directory:
+    description: '[Optional] The directory to wipe and replace in the target repository'
+    default: '.'
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.destination-repository-username }}
     - ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
     - ${{ inputs.commit-message }}
+    - ${{ inputs.target-directory }}
 branding:
   icon: 'git-commit'
   color: 'green'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 83c83f8..149e54f 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ USER_NAME="$5"
 DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME="$6"
 TARGET_BRANCH="$7"
 COMMIT_MESSAGE="$8"
+TARGET_DIRECTORY="$9"
 
 if [ -z "$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME" ]
 then
@@ -32,11 +33,18 @@ git config --global user.name "$USER_NAME"
 git clone --single-branch --branch "$TARGET_BRANCH" "https://$USER_NAME:$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME.git" "$CLONE_DIR"
 ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"
 
-TARGET_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 # This mv has been the easier way to be able to remove files that were there
 # but not anymore. Otherwise we had to remove the files from "$CLONE_DIR",
 # including "." and with the exception of ".git/"
-mv "$CLONE_DIR/.git" "$TARGET_DIR"
+mv "$CLONE_DIR/.git" "$TEMP_DIR/.git"
+
+# Remove contents of target directory and create a new empty one
+rm -R "$CLONE_DIR/$TARGET_DIRECTORY/"
+mkdir "$CLONE_DIR/$TARGET_DIRECTORY"
+
+mv "$TEMP_DIR/.git" "$CLONE_DIR/.git"
+
 
 #echo "[+] Deleting files from $DESTINATION_DIRECTORY in git repo $DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME"
 #rm -rfv "$CLONE_DIR/$DESTINATION_DIRECTORY"/*
@@ -59,8 +67,8 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo "Copy contents to target git repository"
-cp -ra "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY"/. "$TARGET_DIR"
-cd "$TARGET_DIR"
+cp -ra "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY"/. "$CLONE_DIR/$TARGET_DIRECTORY"
+cd "$CLONE_DIR"
 
 echo "Files that will be pushed:"
 ls -la