diff --git a/doc/release-notes/NEXT.md b/doc/release-notes/NEXT.md
index e69de29bb..a5ea5bfac 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/NEXT.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/NEXT.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Maintain export flag when resuming a clone for non-trunk branches (#1123)
diff --git a/src/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs b/src/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
index b9c009772..c656bc885 100644
--- a/src/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
+++ b/src/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using LibGit2Sharp;
 using GitTfs.Commands;
 using Branch = LibGit2Sharp.Branch;
+using GitTfs.Util;
 
 namespace GitTfs.Core
 {
@@ -258,7 +259,17 @@ public Branch RenameBranch(string oldName, string newName)
         {
             // does this need to ensuretfsauthenticated?
             _repository.Config.Set("tfs.touch", "1"); // reload configuration, because `git tfs init` and `git tfs clone` use Process.Start to update the config, so _repository's copy is out of date.
-            return _remoteConfigReader.Load(_repository.Config).Select(x => BuildRemote(x)).ToDictionary(x => x.Id);
+            var remotes = _remoteConfigReader.Load(_repository.Config).Select(x => BuildRemote(x)).ToDictionary(x => x.Id);
+
+            bool shouldExport = GetConfig(GitTfsConstants.ExportMetadatasConfigKey) == "true";
+
+            foreach(var remote in remotes.Values)
+            {
+                var metadataExportInitializer = new ExportMetadatasInitializer(_globals);
+                metadataExportInitializer.InitializeRemote(remote, shouldExport);
+            }
+
+            return remotes;
         }
 
         private IGitTfsRemote BuildRemote(RemoteInfo remoteInfo)