diff --git a/.github/workflows/strip-python-notebooks.yml b/.github/workflows/strip-python-notebooks.yml
index ab5f5002..02c79157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/strip-python-notebooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/strip-python-notebooks.yml
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ jobs:
             # Check if directory exists
             if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
                 echo "Processing directory: $dir"
-                git diff "$dir"/*.ipynb "$dir"/*.irnb "$dir"/*.Rmd
+                
                 if git diff --quiet "$dir"/*.ipynb "$dir"/*.irnb "$dir"/*.Rmd; then
+                    echo "No changes were found"
+                else
                     echo "Found changes in directory: $dir"
                     echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                     break 1