diff --git a/pkg/git/clone.go b/pkg/git/clone.go
index b4eedb5d..e099aac9 100644
--- a/pkg/git/clone.go
+++ b/pkg/git/clone.go
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ func EnsureUpToDate(dir string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	recipeName := filepath.Base(dir)
+	isClean, err := IsClean(recipeName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !isClean {
+		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' has locally unstaged changes", recipeName)
+	}
+
 	branch := "master"
 	if _, err := repo.Branch("master"); err != nil {
 		if _, err := repo.Branch("main"); err != nil {