diff --git a/doDirty.go b/doDirty.go
index 9e9f609..70e018a 100644
--- a/doDirty.go
+++ b/doDirty.go
@@ -11,18 +11,43 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+func (f *Forge) CheckDirtyQuiet() {
+	start := f.straightCheckDirty()
+	now := time.Now()
+	stats := f.RillRepos(doCheckDirty)
+	end := f.straightCheckDirty()
+	diff := end - start
+
+	var changed bool
+	for _, s := range stats {
+		if s.Err == nil {
+		} else {
+			// log.Info(i, s.Err)
+			f.SetConfigSave(true)
+			changed = true
+		}
+	}
+	if changed {
+		log.Printf("dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) (%d changed) took:%s\n", end, f.Repos.Len(), diff, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	}
+}
+
 func (f *Forge) CheckDirty() *gitpb.Repos {
 	start := f.straightCheckDirty()
 
 	now := time.Now()
-	f.RillFuncError(doCheckDirty)
+	stats := f.RillRepos(doCheckDirty)
 	end := f.straightCheckDirty()
 	diff := end - start
 	log.Printf("dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) (%d changed) took:%s\n", end, f.Repos.Len(), diff, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
 
-	// todo: actually detect if this needs to be changed?
-	f.SetConfigSave(true)
-	f.ConfigSave()
+	for i, s := range stats {
+		if s.Err == nil {
+		} else {
+			log.Info(i, s.Err)
+			f.SetConfigSave(true)
+		}
+	}
 
 	return f.FindDirty()
 }
@@ -38,11 +63,28 @@ func (f *Forge) straightCheckDirty() int {
 }
 
 func doCheckDirty(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	repo.CheckDirty()
 	// reset these in here for now
 	if repo.GetTargetVersion() != "" {
 		repo.TargetVersion = ""
 	}
+
+	if repo.IsDirty() {
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			// nothing changed
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Repo changed to clean", repo.FullPath)
+			// f.SetConfigSave(true)
+		}
+	} else {
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			log.Info("Repo changed to dirty", repo.FullPath)
+			return log.Errorf("%s repo changed to dirty", repo.FullPath)
+			// f.SetConfigSave(true)
+		} else {
+			// nothing changed
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }