diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
index 346eb7c..5f114d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,34 @@ jobs:
         with:
           strategy: init
           dry-run: true
+  test-action-clone-dry-run-no-empty:
+    # Expects no commit (unless the wiki test files are changed).
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: ./
+        with:
+          strategy: clone
+          dry-run: true
+          disable-empty-commits: true
+  test-action-init-dry-run-no-empty:
+    # Expects a commit either way as the init strategy creates an orphan branch.
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: ./
+        with:
+          strategy: init
+          dry-run: true
+          disable-empty-commits: true
   test-action-real:
     concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-real
     permissions:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad9a32a..63546f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ is specific to GitHub wikis.
   links. This helps ensure that the Markdown works in source control as well as
   the wiki. The default is true.
 
+- **`disable-empty-commits`:** By default, any triggering of this action will
+  result in a commit to the Wiki, even if that commit is empty.
+  If this option is true, a workflow run which would result in no changes
+  to the Wiki files, will no longer create an empty commit. The default is false.
+
 #### `strategy:` input
 
 There are some specific usecases where using `strategy: init` might be better
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index b2d0514..008d780 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ inputs:
       default is true.
     required: true
     default: true
+  disable-empty-commits:
+    description: >-
+      By default, any triggering of this action will result in a commit to the
+      Wiki, even if that commit is empty. If this option is true, a workflow
+      run which would result in no changes to the Wiki files, will no longer
+      create an empty commit. The default is false.
+    required: false
+    default: false
 outputs:
   wiki_url:
     description: >-
@@ -94,3 +102,4 @@ runs:
         INPUT_IGNORE: ${{ inputs.ignore }}
         INPUT_DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
         INPUT_PREPROCESS: ${{ inputs.preprocess }}
+        INPUT_DISABLE_EMPTY_COMMITS: ${{ inputs.disable-empty-commits }}
diff --git a/cli.ts b/cli.ts
index f20bc26..11ef977 100755
--- a/cli.ts
+++ b/cli.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,19 @@ if (core.getBooleanInput("preprocess")) {
 }
 
 await $`git add -Av`;
-await $`git commit --allow-empty -m ${core.getInput("commit_message")}`;
+if (core.getBooleanInput("disable_empty_commits")) {
+  try {
+    await $`git commit -m ${core.getInput("commit_message")}`;
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e.exitCode === 1 && e.stderr.includes("nothing to commit")) {
+      console.log("nothing to commit, working tree clean");
+    } else {
+      throw e; // Unexpected error
+    }
+  }
+} else {
+  await $`git commit --allow-empty -m ${core.getInput("commit_message")}`;
+}
 
 if (core.getBooleanInput("dry_run")) {
   await $`git show`;