diff --git a/client/clienter.go b/client/clienter.go
index 924586f..4393071 100644
--- a/client/clienter.go
+++ b/client/clienter.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type Clienter interface {
 	Branches(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, args ...string) error
 	CheckoutRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, args ...string) error
 	CloneRepos(ctx context.Context, dir string) ([]*Repository, error)
-	DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, args ...string) error
+	DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, ignoreEmtpy bool, args ...string) error
 	GetDirs(ctx context.Context, dir string) ([]string, error)
 	GetLogins(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
 	GetRepos(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]*github.Repository, error)
diff --git a/client/repos_diff.go b/client/repos_diff.go
index c46189d..e1da72a 100644
--- a/client/repos_diff.go
+++ b/client/repos_diff.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func (c *Client) DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, dirs []string, args ...string) error {
+func (c *Client) DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, dirs []string, ignoreEmtpy bool, args ...string) error {
 	args = append([]string{"diff"}, args...)
 
 	c.scrb.BeginDescribe("Command")
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ func (c *Client) DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, dirs []string, args ...string) e
 
 		err := cmd.Run()
 
+		if ignoreEmtpy && out.Len() == 0 && err == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		c.scrb.BeginDescribe(dir)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.scrb.Error(err)
diff --git a/client/testclient/client.go b/client/testclient/client.go
index 78f1e75..dc8d9a8 100644
--- a/client/testclient/client.go
+++ b/client/testclient/client.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (c *TestClient) TagRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, args ...st
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *TestClient) DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, args ...string) error {
+func (c *TestClient) DiffRepos(ctx context.Context, repoDirs []string, ignoreEmtpy bool, args ...string) error {
 	c.CommandsCalled = append(c.CommandsCalled, "DiffRepos")
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/diff.go b/cmd/diff.go
index 5223fc8..453b44d 100644
--- a/cmd/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/diff.go
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	short    bool
-	nameOnly bool
+	short       bool
+	nameOnly    bool
+	ignoreEmtpy bool
 )
 
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(diffCmd)
 
 	diffCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dir, "dir", ".", "directory to diff repos from")
+
+	diffCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ignoreEmtpy, "ignore-empty", false, "ignore empty diffs")
+
 	diffCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&short, "shortstat", false, "show only the number of changed files, insertions, and deletions")
 	diffCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&nameOnly, "name-only", false, "show only names of changed files")
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ func diffFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		args = append(args, "--name-only")
 	}
 
-	err = clt.DiffRepos(ctx, repoDirs, args...)
+	err = clt.DiffRepos(ctx, repoDirs, ignoreEmtpy, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		cmd.SilenceUsage = true
 		return fmt.Errorf("diff repos: %w", err)