diff --git a/src/cmd.ts b/src/cmd.ts
index 5660e8c..e64aeeb 100644
--- a/src/cmd.ts
+++ b/src/cmd.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { parseAppendData, parseConfig } from "./utils"
 
 export async function parseCliArgs(args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
   const pkg = JSON.parse((await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "package.json"))).toString())
-  const isConfig = args.includes("--config") || args.includes("-c")
+  const isConfig = args.includes("--config") || args.includes("-c") || args.includes("--github") || args.includes("-gh")
 
   return (
     massarg<ScaffoldCmdConfig>()
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ export async function parseCliArgs(args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
         name: "config",
         aliases: ["c"],
         description:
-          "Filename to load config from instead of passing arguments to CLI or using a Node.js script. You may pass a JSON or JS file, with a relative or absolute path, a URL to a repository, or a GitHub path (e.g. username/package). You may also optionally add a key (same as passing --key) to load from inside the config.",
+          "Filename or https git URL to load config from instead of passing arguments to CLI or using a Node.js script. You may pass a JSON or JS file with a relative or absolute path",
+      })
+      .option({
+        name: "github",
+        aliases: ["gh"],
+        description:
+          "GitHub path to load config from instead of passing arguments to CLI or using a Node.js script. You may pass a JSON or JS file, with a relative or absolute path, a URL to a repository, or a GitHub path (e.g. username/package#scaffold.config.js). You may also optionally add a key (same as passing --key) to load from inside the config.",
       })
       .option({
         name: "key",
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index a526f74..04fa67d 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ export interface ScaffoldCmdConfig {
   dryRun: boolean
   config?: string
   key?: string
+  github?: string
 }
 
 export type ScaffoldConfigFile = Record<string, ScaffoldConfig>
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 7ffaea4..09a11ce 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ function isWrappedWithQuotes(string: string): boolean {
 /** @internal */
 export async function parseConfig(config: ScaffoldCmdConfig & OptionsBase): Promise<ScaffoldConfig> {
   let c: ScaffoldConfig = config
+  if (config.github) {
+    log(config, LogLevel.Info, `Loading config from github ${config.github}`)
+    const gitUrl = new URL(`https://github.com/${config.github}`)
+    if (!gitUrl.pathname.endsWith(".git")) {
+      gitUrl.pathname += ".git"
+    }
+    config.config = gitUrl.toString()
+  }
 
   if (config.config) {
     const isUrl = config.config.includes("://")
@@ -419,6 +427,7 @@ export async function parseConfig(config: ScaffoldCmdConfig & OptionsBase): Prom
       ? [config.config.substring(0, colonIndex), config.config.substring(colonIndex + 1)]
       : [config.config, undefined]
     const key = (config.key ?? templateKey) || "default"
+    log(config, LogLevel.Info, `Loading config from ${configFile} with key ${key}`)
     const configImport = await getConfig({ config: configFile, quiet: config.quiet, verbose: config.verbose })
     if (!configImport[key]) {
       throw new Error(`Template "${key}" not found in ${configFile}`)
@@ -461,15 +470,16 @@ export async function getConfig(
       const tmpPath = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), `scaffold-config-${Date.now()}`)
 
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const clone = spawn("git", ["clone", repoUrl, tmpPath])
+        const clone = spawn("git", ["clone", "--depth", "1", repoUrl, tmpPath])
 
         clone.on("error", reject)
         clone.on("close", async (code) => {
           if (code === 0) {
-            log(logConfig, LogLevel.Info, `Loading config from git repo: ${configFile}`)
-            const absolutePath = path.resolve(tmpPath, url.hash.replace("#", ""))
+            log(logConfig, LogLevel.Info, `Loading config from git repo: ${repoUrl}`)
+            const hashPath = url.hash?.replace("#", "") || "scaffold.config.js"
+            const absolutePath = path.resolve(tmpPath, hashPath)
             const loadedConfig = (await import(absolutePath)).default as ScaffoldConfigFile
-            log(logConfig, LogLevel.Info, `Loaded config from git repo`)
+            log(logConfig, LogLevel.Info, `Loaded config from git`)
             log(logConfig, LogLevel.Debug, `Raw config:`, loadedConfig)
             const fixedConfig: ScaffoldConfigFile = Object.fromEntries(
               Object.entries(loadedConfig).map(([k, v]) => [