diff --git a/scripts/ensure-clean-git.js b/scripts/ensure-clean-git.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Michael Dougall. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license found in the LICENSE
+ * file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const { spawnSync } = require("node:child_process");
+
+const { output, status } = spawnSync("git diff --exit-code", {
+  shell: true,
+});
+
+if (status !== null && status !== 0) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.error(
+    `
+===== Unexpected Uncommitted Changes =====
+${output.join("\n").trim()}
+==========================================
+`,
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}