diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 155442b..2be6a13 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           ./scripts/check-semver.sh "$VERSION"
           GITEA_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           test "$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/$GITEA_REF_NAME^{commit}")" = "$GITEA_SHA"
-          test -z "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all)"
+          test -z "$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard)"
+          git diff --quiet --ignore-space-at-eol --ignore-cr-at-eol \
+            || { printf 'Release checkout has non-whitespace tracked changes:\n' >&2; git diff --stat >&2; exit 1; }
           {
             printf 'version=%s\n' "$VERSION"
             printf 'ref=%s\n' "$GITEA_REF_NAME"