diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/source.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/source.py
index 75d10581fce4..b5f00b743643 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/source.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/source.py
@@ -107,13 +107,41 @@ def streams(self, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> List[Stream]:
         incremental_args = {**full_refresh_args, "start_date": config["start_date"]}
         organization_args = {"authenticator": authenticator, "organizations": organizations}
 
+        # Get the default branch for each repository
+        default_branches = {}
+        repository_stats_stream = RepositoryStats(
+            authenticator=authenticator,
+            repositories=repositories,
+        )
+        for stream_slice in repository_stats_stream.stream_slices(sync_mode=SyncMode.full_refresh):
+            default_branches.update({
+                r["full_name"]: r["default_branch"]
+                for r in repository_stats_stream.read_records(sync_mode=SyncMode.full_refresh, stream_slice=stream_slice)
+            })
+
+        # Create mapping of repository to list of branches to pull commits for
+        # If no branches are specified for a repo, use its default branch
+        branches = set(filter(None, config.get("branch", "").split(" ")))
+        branches_to_pull: Mapping[str, List[str]] = {}
+        for branch in branches:
+            parts = branch.split("/", 2)
+            repo = parts[0] + "/" + parts[1]
+            if repo not in repositories:
+                continue
+            if repo not in branches_to_pull:
+                branches_to_pull[repo] = []
+            branches_to_pull[repo].append(parts[2])
+        for repo in repositories:
+            if not branches_to_pull.get(repo, []):
+                branches_to_pull[repo] = [default_branches[repo]]
+
         return [
             Assignees(**full_refresh_args),
             Branches(**full_refresh_args),
             Collaborators(**full_refresh_args),
             Comments(**incremental_args),
             CommitComments(**incremental_args),
-            Commits(**incremental_args),
+            Commits(**{**incremental_args, "branches_to_pull": branches_to_pull, "default_branches": default_branches}),
             Events(**incremental_args),
             IssueEvents(**incremental_args),
             IssueLabels(**full_refresh_args),
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
index 35ccbcb4e641..166e52a162bd 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
         "description": "The date from which you'd like to replicate data for GitHub in the format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z. All data generated after this date will be replicated. Note that it will be used only in the following incremental streams: comments, commits and issues.",
         "examples": ["2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"],
         "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$"
+      },
+      "branch": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "examples": ["airbytehq/airbyte/master"],
+        "description": "Space-delimited list of GitHub repository branches to pull commits for, e.g. `airbytehq/airbyte/master`. If no branches are specified for a repository, the default branch will be pulled."
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/streams.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/streams.py
index aa652f7ea867..79c674694d4f 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/streams.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/streams.py
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ def read_records(self, stream_slice: Mapping[str, any] = None, **kwargs) -> Iter
                 # For private repositories `Teams` stream is not available and we get "404 Client Error: Not Found for
                 # url: https://api.github.com/orgs/sherifnada/teams?per_page=100" error.
                 error_msg = f"Syncing `Team` stream isn't available for repository `{stream_slice['repository']}`."
+            elif e.response.status_code == requests.codes.NOT_FOUND and "/repos?" in error_msg:
+                # `Repositories` stream is not available for repositories not in an organization.
+                # Handle "404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://api.github.com/orgs/cjwooo/repos?per_page=100" error.
+                error_msg = f"Syncing `Repositories` stream isn't available for organization `{stream_slice['organization']}`."
             elif e.response.status_code == requests.codes.CONFLICT:
                 error_msg = (
                     f"Syncing `{self.name}` stream isn't available for repository "
@@ -645,17 +649,97 @@ class Commits(IncrementalGithubStream):
         "committer",
     )
 
-    def transform(self, record: MutableMapping[str, Any], repository: str = None, **kwargs) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
+    def __init__(self, branches_to_pull: Mapping[str, List[str]], default_branches: Mapping[str, str], **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.branches_to_pull = branches_to_pull
+        self.default_branches = default_branches
+
+    """
+    Pull commits from each branch of each repository, tracking state for each branch
+    """
+
+    def request_params(self, stream_state: Mapping[str, Any], stream_slice: Mapping[str, Any] = None, **kwargs) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
+        params = super(IncrementalGithubStream, self).request_params(stream_state=stream_state, stream_slice=stream_slice, **kwargs)
+        params["since"] = self.get_starting_point(stream_state=stream_state, repository=stream_slice["repository"], branch=stream_slice["branch"])
+        params["sha"] = stream_slice["branch"]
+        return params
+
+    def stream_slices(self, **kwargs) -> Iterable[Optional[Mapping[str, Any]]]:
+        for stream_slice in super().stream_slices(**kwargs):
+            repository = stream_slice["repository"]
+            for branch in self.branches_to_pull.get(repository, []):
+                yield {"branch": branch, "repository": repository}
+
+    def parse_response(
+        self,
+        response: requests.Response,
+        stream_state: Mapping[str, Any],
+        stream_slice: Mapping[str, Any] = None,
+        next_page_token: Mapping[str, Any] = None,
+    ) -> Iterable[Mapping]:
+        for record in response.json():  # GitHub puts records in an array.
+            yield self.transform(record=record, repository=stream_slice["repository"], branch=stream_slice["branch"])
+
+    def transform(self, record: MutableMapping[str, Any], repository: str = None, branch: str = None, **kwargs) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
         record = super().transform(record=record, repository=repository)
 
         # Record of the `commits` stream doesn't have an updated_at/created_at field at the top level (so we could
         # just write `record["updated_at"]` or `record["created_at"]`). Instead each record has such value in
         # `commit.author.date`. So the easiest way is to just enrich the record returned from API with top level
         # field `created_at` and use it as cursor_field.
+        # Include the branch in the record
         record["created_at"] = record["commit"]["author"]["date"]
+        record["branch"] = branch
 
         return record
 
+    def get_updated_state(self, current_stream_state: MutableMapping[str, Any], latest_record: Mapping[str, Any]):
+        state_value = latest_cursor_value = latest_record.get(self.cursor_field)
+        current_repository = latest_record["repository"]
+        current_branch = latest_record["branch"]
+
+        if current_stream_state.get(current_repository):
+            repository_commits_state = current_stream_state[current_repository]
+            if repository_commits_state.get(self.cursor_field):
+                # transfer state from old source version to per-branch version
+                if current_branch == self.default_branches[current_repository]:
+                    state_value = max(latest_cursor_value, repository_commits_state[self.cursor_field])
+                    del repository_commits_state[self.cursor_field]
+            elif repository_commits_state.get(current_branch, {}).get(self.cursor_field):
+                state_value = max(latest_cursor_value, repository_commits_state[current_branch][self.cursor_field])
+        if current_repository not in current_stream_state:
+            current_stream_state[current_repository] = {}
+        current_stream_state[current_repository][current_branch] = {self.cursor_field: state_value}
+        return current_stream_state
+
+    def get_starting_point(self, stream_state: Mapping[str, Any], repository: str, branch: str) -> str:
+        start_point = self._start_date
+        if stream_state and stream_state.get(repository, {}).get(branch, {}).get(self.cursor_field):
+            return max(start_point, stream_state[repository][branch][self.cursor_field])
+        if branch == self.default_branches[repository]:
+            return super().get_starting_point(stream_state=stream_state, repository=repository)
+        return start_point
+
+    def read_records(
+        self,
+        sync_mode: SyncMode,
+        cursor_field: List[str] = None,
+        stream_slice: Mapping[str, Any] = None,
+        stream_state: Mapping[str, Any] = None,
+    ) -> Iterable[Mapping[str, Any]]:
+        repository = stream_slice["repository"]
+        start_point_map = {
+            branch: self.get_starting_point(stream_state=stream_state, repository=repository, branch=branch)
+            for branch in self.branches_to_pull.get(repository, [])
+        }
+        for record in super(SemiIncrementalGithubStream, self).read_records(
+            sync_mode=sync_mode, cursor_field=cursor_field, stream_slice=stream_slice, stream_state=stream_state
+        ):
+            if record.get(self.cursor_field) > start_point_map[stream_slice["branch"]]:
+                yield record
+            elif self.is_sorted_descending and record.get(self.cursor_field) < start_point_map[stream_slice["branch"]]:
+                break
+
 
 class Issues(IncrementalGithubStream):
     """