diff --git a/hack/release.py b/hack/release.py
index 5ce1b5b8b..e0a688f4c 100755
--- a/hack/release.py
+++ b/hack/release.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def check_antipackage():
 import sys
 from os.path import expandvars
 import yaml
+from collections import Counter
 
 libbuild.REPO_ROOT = expandvars('$GOPATH') + '/src/github.com/k8sdb/cli'
 
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ def git_checkout(branch, cwd=libbuild.REPO_ROOT):
     call('git checkout -f -B {0} origin/{0}'.format(branch), cwd=cwd)
 
 
+def git_requires_commit(cwd=libbuild.REPO_ROOT):
+    changed_files = check_output('git diff --name-only', cwd=cwd).strip().split('\n')
+    return Counter(changed_files) == Counter(['glide.yaml', 'glide.lock'])
+
+
 def glide_mod(glide_config, changes):
     for dep in glide_config['import']:
         if dep['package'] in changes:
@@ -114,7 +120,13 @@ def release_apimachinery(self):
         print(repo)
         print('----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------')
         git_checkout('master', cwd=repo)
-        call('./hack/make.py', cwd=repo)
+        call('glide slow', cwd=repo)
+        if git_requires_commit(cwd=repo):
+            call('./hack/make.py', cwd=repo)
+            call('git commit -a -m "Prepare release {0}"'.format(self.tag), cwd=repo, eoe=False)
+            call('git push origin master', cwd=repo)
+        else:
+            call('git reset HEAD --hard', cwd=repo)
         git_checkout(self.release_branch, cwd=repo)
         call('git merge master', cwd=repo)
         call('git push origin {0}'.format(self.release_branch), cwd=repo)
@@ -129,10 +141,12 @@ def release_db(self, db):
             glide_mod(glide_config, self.rel_deps)
             glide_write(glide_file, glide_config)
             call('glide slow', cwd=repo)
-
-            call('./hack/make.py', cwd=repo)
-            call('git commit -a -m "Prepare release {0}"'.format(self.tag), cwd=repo, eoe=False)
-            call('git push origin master', cwd=repo)
+            if git_requires_commit(cwd=repo):
+                call('./hack/make.py', cwd=repo)
+                call('git commit -a -m "Prepare release {0}"'.format(self.tag), cwd=repo, eoe=False)
+                call('git push origin master', cwd=repo)
+            else:
+                call('git reset HEAD --hard', cwd=repo)
             git_checkout(self.release_branch, cwd=repo)
             call('git merge master', cwd=repo)
             call('git tag -fa {0}'.format(self.tag), cwd=repo)
@@ -207,9 +221,13 @@ def release(tag=None):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-        # http://stackoverflow.com/a/834451
-        # http://stackoverflow.com/a/817296
-        release(*sys.argv[1:])
-    else:
-        print('Usage ./hack/release.py 0.3.0')
+    print check_output('git diff --name-only').strip().split('\n')
+
+
+
+    # if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    #     # http://stackoverflow.com/a/834451
+    #     # http://stackoverflow.com/a/817296
+    #     release(*sys.argv[1:])
+    # else:
+    #     print('Usage ./hack/release.py 0.3.0')