diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7217d49..b57fa3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ everything, and you will need to specify exactly what needs to be deleted.**
 1. Default behaviour with a custom target directory:
 
    ```
-   target_dir/*
+   target_dir/**/*
    !.git
    ```
 
diff --git a/action/dist/index.js b/action/dist/index.js
index 10289fa..7d9ce6f 100644
--- a/action/dist/index.js
+++ b/action/dist/index.js
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ function copyFile(srcFile, destFile, force) {
 }
 //# sourceMappingURL=io.js.map
 
-
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 2:
@@ -12283,7 +12282,7 @@ const main = async ({ env = process.env, log, }) => {
         }
         else if (env.TARGET_DIR) {
             log.log(`##[info] Removing all files from target dir ${env.TARGET_DIR} on target branch`);
-            return [`${env.TARGET_DIR}/*`, '!.git'];
+            return [`${env.TARGET_DIR}/**/*`, '!.git'];
         }
         else {
             // Remove all files
diff --git a/action/src/index.ts b/action/src/index.ts
index db4f007..7cc6c27 100644
--- a/action/src/index.ts
+++ b/action/src/index.ts
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ export const main = async ({
       log.log(
         `##[info] Removing all files from target dir ${env.TARGET_DIR} on target branch`
       );
-      return [`${env.TARGET_DIR}/*`, '!.git'];
+      return [`${env.TARGET_DIR}/**/*`, '!.git'];
     } else {
       // Remove all files
       log.log(`##[info] Removing all files from target branch`);