diff --git a/bin/commands.dart b/bin/commands.dart
index 99fb544..f6042d8 100644
--- a/bin/commands.dart
+++ b/bin/commands.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import 'projects.dart';
 abstract class Commands {
   static final clean = ProjectCommand(['clean'], parallel: true);
   static final link = GlobalCommand(
+    ['link'],
     (command, projects) =>
         linkDependencies(command: command, projects: projects),
   );
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ abstract class Commands {
   };
 
   /// Check if we should continue after this line is received
-  static bool shouldKill(Project project, ProjectCommand command, String line) {
+  static bool shouldKill(Project project, Command command, String line) {
     if (project.engine == Engine.fvm) {
       final flutterVersionNotInstalledMatch =
           RegExp(r'Flutter SDK: SDK Version : (.+?) is not installed\.')
diff --git a/bin/link.dart b/bin/link.dart
index 0cf915d..381bd40 100644
--- a/bin/link.dart
+++ b/bin/link.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:puby/project.dart';
 import 'package:puby/pub.dart';
 import 'package:puby/time.dart';
 
-import 'commands.dart';
 import 'projects.dart';
 
 final _pubCache = SystemCache();
@@ -23,11 +22,11 @@ Future<int> linkDependencies({
   for (final project in projects) {
     unawaited(
       resolutionQueue.add(() async {
-        final resolved = project.resolveWithCommand(Commands.pubGetOffline);
+        final resolved = project.resolveWithCommand(command);
         if (resolved.exclude) return;
 
         final flutterVersionOverride =
-            await resolved.getFlutterVersionOverride(Commands.pubGetOffline);
+            await resolved.getFlutterVersionOverride(command);
 
         final entry = Entrypoint(resolved.path, _pubCache);
         try {
diff --git a/bin/projects.dart b/bin/projects.dart
index e42a746..659c88f 100644
--- a/bin/projects.dart
+++ b/bin/projects.dart
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ List<Project> findProjects() {
 }
 
 extension ProjectExtension on Project {
-  Engine _resolveEngine(ProjectCommand command) {
+  Engine _resolveEngine(Command command) {
     final isCleanCommand = command.args[0] == 'clean';
     final isTestCoverageCommand = command.args.length >= 2 &&
         command.args[0] == 'test' &&
@@ -96,13 +96,12 @@ extension ProjectExtension on Project {
     return newEngine;
   }
 
-  bool _defaultExclude(ProjectCommand command) {
+  bool _defaultExclude(Command command) {
     final isPubGetInFlutterExample = engine.isFlutter &&
         example &&
         command.args.length >= 2 &&
         command.args[0] == 'pub' &&
         command.args[1] == 'get';
-    final isOffline = command.args.contains('--offline');
 
     final bool skip;
     final String? message;
@@ -113,9 +112,8 @@ extension ProjectExtension on Project {
     } else if (path.startsWith('build/') || path.contains('/build/')) {
       message = 'Skipping project in build folder: $path';
       skip = true;
-    } else if (isPubGetInFlutterExample && !isOffline) {
+    } else if (isPubGetInFlutterExample) {
       // Skip flutter pub get in example projects since flutter does it anyways
-      // Do not skip if this is an offline pub command
       message = 'Skipping flutter example project: $path';
       skip = true;
     } else {
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ extension ProjectExtension on Project {
     return skip;
   }
 
-  bool _explicitExclude(ProjectCommand command) {
+  bool _explicitExclude(Command command) {
     final argString = command.args.join(' ');
 
     final skip = config.excludes.any(argString.startsWith);
@@ -140,13 +138,13 @@ extension ProjectExtension on Project {
     return skip;
   }
 
-  Project resolveWithCommand(ProjectCommand command) {
+  Project resolveWithCommand(Command command) {
     final resolvedEngine = _resolveEngine(command);
     final exclude = _defaultExclude(command) || _explicitExclude(command);
     return copyWith(engine: resolvedEngine, exclude: exclude);
   }
 
-  Future<Version?> getFlutterVersionOverride(ProjectCommand command) async {
+  Future<Version?> getFlutterVersionOverride(Command command) async {
     if (engine != Engine.fvm || command.noFvm) return null;
 
     try {
diff --git a/lib/command.dart b/lib/command.dart
index 7eb44b2..1a05d8d 100644
--- a/lib/command.dart
+++ b/lib/command.dart
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ abstract class Command {
   /// If fvm support should be disabled
   bool get noFvm => _noFvm;
 
+  /// If output from this command should be displayed
+  final bool silent;
+
   /// Constructor
-  Command(List<String> args) {
+  Command(List<String> args, {required this.silent}) {
     addArgs(args);
   }
 
@@ -35,17 +38,12 @@ class ProjectCommand extends Command {
   /// Whether to run the command in all projects in parallel
   final bool parallel;
 
-  /// Whether to run the command silently
-  ///
-  /// Right now this is the same as [parallel]
-  bool get silent => parallel;
-
   /// Constructor
   ProjectCommand(
     super.args, {
     this.raw = false,
     this.parallel = false,
-  });
+  }) : super(silent: parallel);
 }
 
 /// A command to run in the working directory
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ class GlobalCommand extends Command {
       _run;
 
   /// Constructor
-  GlobalCommand(this._run) : super([]);
+  GlobalCommand(super.args, this._run) : super(silent: false);
 
   /// Run the command
   Future<int> run({required List<Project> projects}) => _run(this, projects);
diff --git a/test/link_test.dart b/test/link_test.dart
index a527c54..6808a49 100644
--- a/test/link_test.dart
+++ b/test/link_test.dart
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ void main() {
     // flutter
     expectLine(stdout, ['flutter_puby_test', 'Resolved dependencies for']);
     expectLine(stdout, ['flutter_puby_test', 'flutter pub get --offline']);
+    // The link should run in the example app
+    expectLine(
+      stdout,
+      ['flutter_puby_test/example', 'Resolved dependencies for'],
+    );
+    // The pub get should NOT run in the example app
+    expectLine(
+      stdout,
+      ['flutter_puby_test/example', 'flutter pub get --offline'],
+      matches: false,
+    );
 
     // fvm
     expectLine(stdout, ['fvm_puby_test', 'Resolved dependencies for']);
diff --git a/test/test_utils.dart b/test/test_utils.dart
index 0b64eb9..45f78e7 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.dart
+++ b/test/test_utils.dart
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ Future<ProcessResult> testCommand(
   );
 }
 
-void expectLine(dynamic stdout, List<String> matchers) {
+void expectLine(dynamic stdout, List<String> matchers, {bool matches = true}) {
   final lines = (stdout as String).split('\n');
   expect(
     lines.any(
       (line) =>
           matchers.fold(true, (prev, next) => prev && line.contains(next)),
     ),
-    isTrue,
+    matches,
   );
 }