diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e8bb62..fbec0cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ To use it, first build using another system, and the run `taskrunner` with `TASK
 - Previous impl no-op tests/scripts/UPDATE: ~1.6s
 - Current impl no-op tests/scripts/UPDATE: ~2.3s
 
-## Snapshot Command Flags
+##  Snapshot Command Flags
 
 The `snapshot` command supports the following flags:
 
@@ -142,3 +142,15 @@ The `snapshot` command supports the following flags:
 - `--cache-version`: Specifies a version string for the cache. `--fuzzy-cache` will not download cache from another version, allowing clean breaks when making big changes, e.g. upgrading a compiler.
 - `--commit-status`: Enables reporting of the task's status to a commit status system, such as GitHub checks.
 - `--long-running`: Indicates that the task is expected to run for a long time (e.g. a server). Currently doens't have any effect though, TODO: can we remove it?
+
+
+## Tests: Update Golden Files
+
+This project uses [tasty-golden](https://github.com/UnkindPartition/tasty-golden) for snapshot-based testing.
+
+To update the golden files, run the test suite with the `--accept` flag passed to the test executable.
+If you're using stack, the full command is:
+
+```sh
+stack test --test-arguments --accept
+```
diff --git a/src/App.hs b/src/App.hs
index 825e48d..c8d840b 100644
--- a/src/App.hs
+++ b/src/App.hs
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ snapshot appState args = do
     mainBranchCommit <- liftIO $ getMainBranchCommit appState
     let force = appState.settings.force
 
+    inputsAreClean <- liftIO $ not <$> isDirtyAtPaths appState args.fileInputs
+
     let hashInfo = HashInfo
           { hash = currentHash
           , hashInput = currentHashInput
@@ -446,8 +448,7 @@ snapshot appState args = do
       logDebug appState "Prime cache mode, assuming task is done and skippping!"
       earlyReturn (False, Nothing)
 
-
-    when (hasRemoteCache args && not force) do
+    when (hasRemoteCache args && not force && inputsAreClean) do
       s <- RemoteCache.getRemoteCacheSettingsFromEnv
       success <- liftIO $ RemoteCache.restoreCache appState s (fromMaybe appState.settings.rootDirectory args.cacheRoot) (archiveName appState args currentHash) RemoteCache.Log
       when success do
diff --git a/src/Utils.hs b/src/Utils.hs
index 7a3b6df..508644d 100644
--- a/src/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Utils.hs
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ bytesfmt formatter bs = printf (formatter <> " %s")
   bytesSuffixes = ["B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB"]
   bytesSuffix = bytesSuffixes !! i
 
+isDirtyAtPaths :: AppState -> [FilePath] -> IO Bool
+isDirtyAtPaths _ [] = pure False
+isDirtyAtPaths appState paths =
+  bracket (hDuplicate appState.subprocessStderr) hClose \stderr_ -> do
+    output <-
+      readCreateProcess
+        (proc "git" (["status", "--porcelain", "--untracked-files=no", "--"] ++ paths))
+          { std_err = UseHandle stderr_
+          }
+        ""
+    pure $ not (null output)
+
 getCurrentBranch :: AppState -> IO Text
 getCurrentBranch appState =
   bracket (hDuplicate appState.subprocessStderr) hClose \stderr_ ->
diff --git a/test/t/cache-success-unchanged.txt b/test/t/cache-success-unchanged.txt
index 2785686..40d6537 100644
--- a/test/t/cache-success-unchanged.txt
+++ b/test/t/cache-success-unchanged.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/prime-cache-mode.txt b/test/t/prime-cache-mode.txt
index c877a05..888b284 100644
--- a/test/t/prime-cache-mode.txt
+++ b/test/t/prime-cache-mode.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-changed.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-changed.txt
index 0e08469..55a6435 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-changed.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-changed.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-post-unpack.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-post-unpack.txt
index 61a0d0a..c764ecc 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-post-unpack.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-post-unpack.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-force.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-force.txt
index 53988e4..20a9095 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-force.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-force.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-nested-dir.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-nested-dir.txt
index e3ddd3e..4b9c10c 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-nested-dir.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-nested-dir.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mkdir -p a
   cd nested
   echo foo > input.txt
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-out-of-repo.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-out-of-repo.txt
index 31f7dd7..0723ad0 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-out-of-repo.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged-out-of-repo.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b
diff --git a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged.txt b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged.txt
index 7a9a5a9..143483c 100644
--- a/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged.txt
+++ b/test/t/remote-cache-unchanged.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdir a
   echo foo > input.txt
   git init -q
   git add input.txt
+  git commit -qm "Add input.txt"
 )
 
 cp -r a b