diff --git a/website/publish.sh b/website/publish.sh
index dfb10e772..7d34e1875 100755
--- a/website/publish.sh
+++ b/website/publish.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ cp -R build/react-native/* ../../react-native-gh-pages/
 rm -Rf build/
 cd ../../react-native-gh-pages
 git status
+git add -A .
 if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
-  git add -A .
   git commit -m "update website"
   git push origin gh-pages
 fi