bash - Website updating from git (over ssh)

I have a script that I run over SSH, which updates my website from a Git repo.

cd website-git
git checkout master
git pull

# Update protected directory
rsync -v -a --delete --exclude=db --exclude=vendor ./protected/ /home/protected

# Update public directory
rsync -v -a --delete --exclude=tmp --exclude=data ./public/ /home/public

It works fine, but the git repository has 150 MB and I pay for space used, so this is not a very good solution.

Apart from deleting the working copy (initially obtained with git clone) after taking the files form it, is there some way to save space with this setup?