diff --git a/hooks/gitolite-admin/post-update b/hooks/gitolite-admin/post-update
index 4293c1f..b7cbbb0 100755
--- a/hooks/gitolite-admin/post-update
+++ b/hooks/gitolite-admin/post-update
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git ls-tree --name-only master |
 
 # checkout the master branch to $GL_ADMINDIR
 # (the GL_ADMINDIR env var would have been set by gl-auth-command)
-GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git checkout -f master
+GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git checkout -f --quiet master
 
 od=$PWD
 cd $GL_ADMINDIR