diff --git a/src/CommandRunner/Git.php b/src/CommandRunner/Git.php
index 13145e5e..98e5ba36 100644
--- a/src/CommandRunner/Git.php
+++ b/src/CommandRunner/Git.php
@@ -56,8 +56,20 @@ public function getRemoteUrl($remote = 'origin')
         return trim($this->commandRunner->run($command));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the git repository in the provided directory has any uncommitted changes
+     *
+     * @param string $directory A directory containing a git repository
+     * @return bool True if there are changes, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function hasUncommittedChanges($directory)
+    {
+        $changes = $this->run($directory, "git diff-index --name-only HEAD");
+        return !(ctype_space($changes) || $changes = '');
+    }
+
     private function run($directory, $command)
     {
-        $this->commandRunner->run("cd \"$directory\" && $command");
+        return $this->commandRunner->run("cd \"$directory\" && $command");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Deployer.php b/src/Deployer.php
index 1c0b9d68..0c0ae1d9 100644
--- a/src/Deployer.php
+++ b/src/Deployer.php
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ public function deploy(Project $project, OutputInterface $output, $repositoryUrl
 
         $this->copyGeneratedFiles($output, $directory, $tmpDirectory);
 
-        $this->commitChanges($output, $tmpDirectory);
+        if ($this->git->hasUncommittedChanges($tmpDirectory)) {
+            $this->commitChanges($output, $tmpDirectory);
 
-        $this->pushBranch($output, $branch, $tmpDirectory);
+            $this->pushBranch($output, $branch, $tmpDirectory);
+        } else {
+            $output->writeln('<comment>Skipping deploy, no changes detected</comment>');
+        }
 
         $this->deleteTempDirectory($tmpDirectory);
     }
diff --git a/tests/UnitTest/CommandRunner/GitTest.php b/tests/UnitTest/CommandRunner/GitTest.php
index 00e7de28..5d2d77ce 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTest/CommandRunner/GitTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTest/CommandRunner/GitTest.php
@@ -91,6 +91,34 @@ public function get_remote_url_should_return_url()
         $this->assertEquals('the-remote', $remote);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function has_uncommitted_changes_should_detect_changes()
+    {
+        $directory = 'directory';
+        $changes = '
+        changed_file_one.txt
+        changed_file_two.txt
+        ';
+        $this->expectCommandIsRun('cd "directory" && git diff-index --name-only HEAD', $changes);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->git->hasUncommittedChanges($directory));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function has_uncommitted_changes_should_detect_no_changes()
+    {
+        $directory = 'directory';
+        $changes = '
+        ';
+        $this->expectCommandIsRun('cd "directory" && git diff-index --name-only HEAD', $changes);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->git->hasUncommittedChanges($directory));
+    }
+
     private function expectCommandIsRun($command, $return = null)
     {
         $this->commandRunner->expects($this->once())