diff --git a/sync-files/action.yaml b/sync-files/action.yaml
index 3708b119..49b6c9ea 100644
--- a/sync-files/action.yaml
+++ b/sync-files/action.yaml
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ runs:
           fi
 
           rm -rf /tmp/repository
-          git clone "$repository" /tmp/repository ${git_options[@]}
+          git clone --depth 1 "$repository" /tmp/repository ${git_options[@]}
 
-          for source_file in $(yq ".files[].source" /tmp/repo-config.yaml); do
-            yq ".files[] | select(.source == \"$source_file\")" /tmp/repo-config.yaml > /tmp/file-config.yaml
+          for file_config in $(yq ".files[].dest" /tmp/repo-config.yaml); do
+            yq ".files[] | select(.dest == \"$file_config\")" /tmp/repo-config.yaml > /tmp/file-config.yaml
 
             source_path=$(yq ".source" /tmp/file-config.yaml)
             dest_path=$(yq ".dest" /tmp/file-config.yaml)