diff --git a/dup b/dup
index 1f3dd5f..36e40f8 100755
--- a/dup
+++ b/dup
@@ -21,16 +21,28 @@ function do_get() {
 }
 
 function do_pull() {
+    dir="$1"
     if [ "$stashAndSync" = true ]
     then
         local do_stash
         do_stash=$(git diff)
-        [ -n "$do_stash" ] && git stash
-        git pull --rebase
-        git push
-        [ -n "$do_stash" ] && git stash pop || true
+        [ -n "$do_stash" ] && git -C "$dir" stash
+        git pull -C "$dir" --rebase
+        git push -C "$dir"
+        [ -n "$do_stash" ] && git -C "$dir" stash pop || true
     else
-        git pull
+        git -C "$dir" pull
+    fi
+}
+
+function do_pull_maybe_quiet() {
+    name="$1"
+    dir="${2:-$name}"
+	git_out="$(do_pull $dir)"
+    if [[ "$quiet" != true || "$git_out" != "Already up to date." ]]
+    then
+        echo "Updating $name"
+        echo "$git_out"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +53,8 @@ function run_script() {
     do
 	    if [ -e "$target/$script" ]
 		then
-			echo "Running $target$script"
-			"$target/$script"
+			$quiet || echo "Running $target$script"
+			"$target/$script" ${quiet:+-q}
 		fi
     done
 }
@@ -57,6 +69,7 @@ function maybe_stow() {
     fi
 }
 
+quiet=false
 stow=true
 bootstrap=false
 stashAndSync=false
@@ -75,6 +88,10 @@ do
             stashAndSync=true
             shift
             ;;
+        -q  | --quiet)
+            quiet=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         --)
             shift
             break
@@ -108,15 +125,11 @@ then
     maybe_stow "$targets"
 elif [ "$bootstrap" != true ]
 then
-    echo "Updating .dotfiles"
-    do_pull
+    do_pull_maybe_quiet .dotfiles .
 
     for dir in */
     do
-	    echo "Updating $dir"
-	    cd "$dir"
-	    do_pull
-	    cd ..
+	    do_pull_maybe_quiet "$dir"
     done
 
     maybe_stow "*/"