diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/nix-update.yml b/.gitea/workflows/nix-update.yml
index 213def9..0d37533 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/nix-update.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/nix-update.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           cd /tmp/nixpkgs
 
           # Configure git author/committer (local to this repo)
-          # Removing --global to avoid polluting the runner's user config
           git config user.name "${{ env.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME }}"
           git config user.email "${{ env.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL }}"
           git config init.defaultBranch master
@@ -86,14 +85,35 @@ jobs:
           UPDATES_FOUND=false
           UPDATED_PACKAGES=""
 
+          # Function to check if commit happened
+          check_commit() {
+             local pkg=$1
+             local before=$2
+             local after=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+             
+             if [ "$before" != "$after" ]; then
+                echo "✓ Successfully updated $pkg (commit created)"
+                echo "true"
+             else
+                echo "ℹ️ No changes committed for $pkg"
+                echo "false"
+             fi
+          }
+
           # Check if specific package was requested
           if [ -n "${{ inputs.package }}" ]; then
             echo "Updating specific package: ${{ inputs.package }}"
             if [ -d "pkgs/${{ inputs.package }}" ]; then
+              
+              BEFORE_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+              
+              # Run update (allow fail, but capturing output)
               if nix-update --flake --commit "${{ inputs.package }}" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/update.log; then
-                UPDATES_FOUND=true
-                UPDATED_PACKAGES="${{ inputs.package }}"
-                echo "✓ Updated ${{ inputs.package }}"
+                 # Check if commit was actually made
+                 if [ "$(check_commit "${{ inputs.package }}" "$BEFORE_HASH")" = "true" ]; then
+                    UPDATES_FOUND=true
+                    UPDATED_PACKAGES="${{ inputs.package }}"
+                 fi
               else
                 echo "ℹ️ Package ${{ inputs.package }} update failed or not needed"
                 cat /tmp/update.log
@@ -104,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "Checking all packages for updates..."
 
-            # Get list of package directories (exclude default.nix and AGENTS.md)
+            # Get list of package directories
             if [ -d "pkgs" ]; then
               PACKAGES=$(find pkgs -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name default.nix -not -name AGENTS.md -exec basename {} \; 2>/dev/null | sort)
             else
@@ -121,12 +141,15 @@ jobs:
             for pkg in $PACKAGES; do
               echo ""
               echo "━━━ Checking $pkg ━━━"
+              
+              BEFORE_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+              
               if nix-update --flake --commit "$pkg" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/update-${pkg}.log; then
-                UPDATES_FOUND=true
-                UPDATED_PACKAGES="${UPDATED_PACKAGES}, $pkg"
-                echo "✓ Updated $pkg"
+                if [ "$(check_commit "$pkg" "$BEFORE_HASH")" = "true" ]; then
+                   UPDATES_FOUND=true
+                   UPDATED_PACKAGES="${UPDATED_PACKAGES}, $pkg"
+                fi
               else
-                # Check if it was actually an update or just "already up to date"
                 if grep -q "already up to date\|No new version found" /tmp/update-${pkg}.log; then
                   echo "ℹ️ $pkg already up to date"
                 else
@@ -140,29 +163,24 @@ jobs:
           # Remove trailing comma from package list
           UPDATED_PACKAGES=$(echo "$UPDATED_PACKAGES" | sed 's/^, //')
 
-          # Check if there are any changes
-          if [ "$UPDATES_FOUND" = "true" ]; then
+          # Final verification of changes
+          COMMIT_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count master..HEAD)
+          
+          if [ "$COMMIT_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
             echo ""
             echo "━━━ Summary ━━━"
-            echo "✓ Package updates found: $UPDATED_PACKAGES"
+            echo "✓ $COMMIT_COUNT package updates committed"
+            echo "Updates: $UPDATED_PACKAGES"
             echo "has_updates=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "updated_packages=${UPDATED_PACKAGES}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "branch_name=${BRANCH_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-            # Check if there are actual git changes
-            if git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
-              echo "⚠️ No actual git changes detected despite nix-update success"
-              echo "has_updates=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            else
-              echo "✓ Git changes detected"
-              git status
-            fi
           else
             echo ""
             echo "━━━ Summary ━━━"
-            echo "ℹ️ No package updates found"
+            echo "ℹ️ No package updates found (no commits created)"
             echo "has_updates=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            # Switch back to master if no updates
+            
+            # Switch back to master and clean up empty branch
             git checkout master
             git branch -D "${BRANCH_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || true
           fi
@@ -174,7 +192,6 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGES="${{ steps.update.outputs.updated_packages }}"
           echo "Verifying builds for: $PACKAGES"
 
-          # Parse comma-separated package list
           IFS=', ' read -ra PKG_ARRAY <<< "$PACKAGES"
           for pkg in "${PKG_ARRAY[@]}"; do
             echo "━━━ Building $pkg ━━━"
@@ -200,7 +217,6 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Creating pull request..."
 
-          # Ensure tea is available (using host package)
           if ! command -v tea &> /dev/null; then
              echo "Error: tea not found in PATH"
              exit 1
@@ -212,7 +228,7 @@ jobs:
              tea login add --name m3ta --url https://code.m3ta.dev --token "${{ secrets.NIX_UPDATE_TOKEN }}"
           fi
 
-          # Get commit messages for PR description
+          # Get commit messages
           COMMITS=$(git log origin/master..origin/"${BRANCH}" --pretty=format:"%h %s" | sed 's/^/- /')
 
           # Create PR