Trying to get a subdirectory in git mode with the js api

Working on a node application that pulls files from a specific directory of a monorepo. The repo is currently public but eventually would be switched to a private repo so i am planning to use git mode to allow for this. Passing the sub directory as detailed in the documentation "user/repo/subdir" doesn't work when using the emitter function with git mode enabled (tar and cli work fine). The sub directory is getting ignored and the function is cloning the entire repository. Is this a limitation of git mode?

my code:

const emitter = degit(< myuser/repo/subdir >', {
              cache: false,
              force: true,
              mode:"git",
              verbose: true
});

emitter.on('info', info => logStatus("Info", JSON.stringify(info)));

{"code":"DEST_IS_EMPTY","message":"destination directory is empty"}`
{"code":"SUCCESS",
"message":"cloned dest/path",
"repo":{
...,
...,
...,
...,
...,
...,
"subdir":"/packages/create-react-app-js",
"mode":"tar" <- mode is tar anyways?
},
"dest":"dest/path"}

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Trying to get a subdirectory in git mode with the js api #349