diff --git a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/utils/git.py b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/utils/git.py
index 3c90fc8f08..663e277335 100644
--- a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/utils/git.py
+++ b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/utils/git.py
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ def parse_dependencies(
     ]
 
 
-def _get_repo_path(gitstring: str, repo_dir: Path) -> Path:
+def _get_repo_path(gitstring: str, ref: Optional[str], repo_dir: Path) -> Path:
     # only based on git for now
-    hashed = hashlib.sha256(gitstring.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:8]
+    ref_str = ref if ref is not None else ""
+    hashed = hashlib.sha256((f"{gitstring}:{ref_str}").encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:8]
 
     removed_protocol = gitstring.split("://")[-1]
     removed_basename = re.split(r"[/:]", removed_protocol, 1)[-1]
@@ -162,12 +163,21 @@ def _get_repo_path(gitstring: str, repo_dir: Path) -> Path:
 
 def update_repo(gitstring: str, ref: Optional[str], repo_dir: Path) -> Path:
     # see if path already saved
-    repo_path = _get_repo_path(gitstring, repo_dir)
+    repo_path = _get_repo_path(gitstring, ref, repo_dir)
     if repo_path.exists():
-        shutil.rmtree(repo_path)
+        # try pulling
+        try:
+            repo = Repo(repo_path)
+            if repo.active_branch.name != ref:
+                raise ValueError()
+            repo.remotes.origin.pull()
+        except Exception:
+            # if it fails, delete and clone again
+            shutil.rmtree(repo_path)
+            Repo.clone_from(gitstring, repo_path, branch=ref, depth=1)
+    else:
+        Repo.clone_from(gitstring, repo_path, branch=ref, depth=1)
 
-    # now we have fresh dir
-    Repo.clone_from(gitstring, repo_path, branch=ref, depth=1)
     return repo_path