diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index df39c8b..5efb6ef 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::str;
 use std::env::args;
 use std::fs::{File, create_dir_all, remove_dir_all};
 use std::io::Read;
@@ -79,17 +80,55 @@ fn process_package(packages_path: &String, package_name: &String, url: &String)
     }
 
     // Git pull
-    let pull_output_u8 = Command::new("git")
+    Command::new("git")
         .arg("-C")
         .arg(folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap())
         .arg("pull")
         .output()
-        .expect(&*format!("Could not clean repository for repository root at {}", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()))
+        .expect(&*format!("Could not clean repository for repository root at {}", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()));
+
+    let quoted_pacman_package_name_cmd = Command::new("awk")
+        .arg("-F")
+        .arg("=")
+        .arg("/^pkgname/{print $2}")
+        .arg(format!("{}/PKGBUILD", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()))
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let pacman_package_name = Command::new("sed")
+        .arg("s/'//g")
+        .stdin(quoted_pacman_package_name_cmd.stdout.unwrap())
+        .output()
+        .expect(&*format!("Could not read PKGBUILD for repository root at {}", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()))
         .stdout;
 
-    let pull_output = std::str::from_utf8(&*pull_output_u8).unwrap();
+    let new_package_version = Command::new("awk")
+        .arg("-F")
+        .arg("=")
+        .arg("/^pkgver/{ver=$2}/^pkgrel/{rel=$2}/^pkgrel/{print ver\"-\"rel}")
+        .arg(format!("{}/PKGBUILD", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()))
+        .output()
+        .expect(&*format!("Could not read PKGBUILD for repository root at {}", folder_path.clone().to_str().unwrap()))
+        .stdout;
 
-    if !folder_exists || !repo_exists || !pull_output.starts_with("Already up to date.") {
+    let full_installed_package_version_cmd = Command::new("pacman")
+        .arg("-Q")
+        .arg(str::from_utf8(&pacman_package_name).unwrap().trim())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let installed_package_version = Command::new("awk")
+        .arg("{print $2}")
+        .stdin(full_installed_package_version_cmd.stdout.unwrap())
+        .output()
+        .expect(&*format!("Could not fetch current version of package {}", str::from_utf8(&pacman_package_name).unwrap()))
+        .stdout;
+
+    let updates_present = str::from_utf8(&installed_package_version).unwrap().trim() != str::from_utf8(&new_package_version).unwrap().trim();
+
+    if !folder_exists || !repo_exists || updates_present {
         // makepkg -sicC
         println!("Package out-of-date; running `makepkg -sicC`");
         Command::new("makepkg")