diff --git a/fetch.sh b/fetch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a1f111092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+source config.sh
+
+if [ $# = 0 ]
+then
+    recipes="$(ls -1 recipes)"
+else
+    recipes="$@"
+fi
+
+for recipe in $recipes
+do
+    echo -e "\033[01;38;5;215mfetch - fetching $recipe\033[0m" >&2
+    ./cook.sh "$recipe" fetch
+done
diff --git a/repo.sh b/repo.sh
index 0c94fd7b0..5c042fdf3 100755
--- a/repo.sh
+++ b/repo.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,12 @@ fi
 
 for recipe in $recipes
 do
-    if [ ! -d "recipes/$recipe/source" ]
-    then
-        echo -e "\033[01;38;5;215mrepo - fetching and updating $recipe\033[0m" >&2
-        ./cook.sh "$recipe" fetch
-    fi
-
     if [ ! -f "recipes/$recipe/stage.tar" ]
     then
         echo -e "\033[01;38;5;215mrepo - building $recipe\033[0m" >&2
         ./cook.sh $recipe update build stage tar
     else
-        TIME_SOURCE="$(find recipes/$recipe/source -printf "%Ts\n" | sort -nr | head -n 1)"
+        TIME_SOURCE="$(find recipes/$recipe/source -type f -not -path '*/.git*' -printf "%Ts\n" | sort -nr | head -n 1)"
         TIME_STAGE="$(stat -c "%Y" recipes/$recipe/stage.tar)"
         if [ "$TIME_SOURCE" -ge "$TIME_STAGE" ]
         then