diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a0b8cbe8..66213a50 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ seed_live_ai_source_repo() {
     printf '%s\n' '.clawdie-source.json' >> "${_repo_dest}/.git/info/exclude"
 
     _repo_modified=false
-    if ! git -C "${_repo_src}" diff --quiet 2>/dev/null || ! git -C "${_repo_src}" diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+    if [ -n "$(git -C "${_repo_src}" status --porcelain 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
         _repo_modified=true
     fi