diff --git a/yazi-cli/src/package/deploy.rs b/yazi-cli/src/package/deploy.rs
index 82739260..1591ae2c 100644
--- a/yazi-cli/src/package/deploy.rs
+++ b/yazi-cli/src/package/deploy.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,46 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use tokio::fs;
-use yazi_shared::{Xdg, fs::{copy_dir_all, maybe_exists, must_exists}};
+use tokio::fs::{self, remove_dir_all};
+use yazi_shared::{Xdg, fs::{copy_dir_all, maybe_exists, must_exists, remove_dir_clean}};
 
-use super::Package;
+use super::{DiffAction, Package};
+use crate::package::Git;
 
 const TRACKER: &str = "DO_NOT_MODIFY_ANYTHING_IN_THIS_DIRECTORY";
 
 impl Package {
 	pub(super) async fn deploy(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
 		let Some(name) = self.name().map(ToOwned::to_owned) else { bail!("Invalid package url") };
-		let from = self.local().join(&self.child);
+		let origin = self.local().join(&self.child);
 
 		self.header("Deploying package `{name}`")?;
-		self.is_flavor = maybe_exists(&from.join("flavor.toml")).await;
-		let to = if self.is_flavor {
+		self.is_flavor = maybe_exists(&origin.join("flavor.toml")).await;
+		let dest = if self.is_flavor {
 			Xdg::config_dir().join(format!("flavors/{name}"))
 		} else {
 			Xdg::config_dir().join(format!("plugins/{name}"))
 		};
 
-		let tracker = to.join(TRACKER);
-		if maybe_exists(&to).await && !must_exists(&tracker).await {
+		let tracker = dest.join(TRACKER);
+		if maybe_exists(&dest).await && !must_exists(&tracker).await {
 			bail!(
 				"A user package with the same name `{name}` already exists.
 For safety, please manually delete it from your plugin/flavor directory and re-run the command."
 			);
 		}
 
-		fs::create_dir_all(&to).await?;
-		fs::write(tracker, []).await?;
+		fs::create_dir_all(&dest).await?;
+
+		let mut dirs = &["assets"][..];
+		let mut diff_actions = vec![];
+		if tracker.exists() {
+			let prev_rev = String::from_utf8(fs::read(&tracker).await?)?;
+
+			if prev_rev != self.rev {
+				diff_actions = Git::diff(&self.local().join(&self.child), &prev_rev, dirs).await?;
+			}
+		}
+
+		fs::write(tracker, &self.rev.trim_start_matches('=')).await?;
 
 		let files = if self.is_flavor {
 			&["flavor.toml", "tmtheme.xml", "README.md", "preview.png", "LICENSE", "LICENSE-tmtheme"][..]
@@ -36,20 +48,61 @@ For safety, please manually delete it from your plugin/flavor directory and re-r
 			&["init.lua", "README.md", "LICENSE"][..]
 		};
 
-		let dirs = &["assets"][..];
-
 		for file in files {
-			let (from, to) = (from.join(file), to.join(file));
+			let (from, to) = (origin.join(file), dest.join(file));
 
 			fs::copy(&from, &to)
 				.await
 				.with_context(|| format!("failed to copy `{}` to `{}`", from.display(), to.display()))?;
 		}
 
+		for action in diff_actions.as_slice() {
+			match action {
+				DiffAction::Add { file } => {
+					let (from, to) = (origin.join(file), dest.join(file));
+					fs::create_dir_all(&to).await?;
+					fs::copy(&from, &to).await.with_context(|| {
+						format!("failed to copy `{}` to `{}`", from.display(), to.display())
+					})?;
+				}
+				DiffAction::Delete { file } => {
+					let file = dest.join(file);
+					fs::remove_file(&file)
+						.await
+						.with_context(|| format!("failed to remove `{}`", file.display()))?;
+				}
+				DiffAction::Rename { old, new } => {
+					let (from, to) = (dest.join(old), dest.join(new));
+					fs::create_dir_all(&to).await?;
+					fs::rename(&from, &to).await.with_context(|| {
+						format!("failed to rename `{}` to `{}`", from.display(), to.display())
+					})?;
+				}
+				DiffAction::Copy { old, new } => {
+					let (from, to) = (dest.join(old), dest.join(new));
+					fs::create_dir_all(&to).await?;
+					fs::copy(&from, &to).await.with_context(|| {
+						format!("failed to copy `{}` to `{}`", from.display(), to.display())
+					})?;
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+		remove_dir_clean(&dest).await;
+
+		if !diff_actions.is_empty() {
+			dirs = &[];
+		}
+
 		for dir in dirs {
-			let (from, to) = (from.join(dir), to.join(dir));
+			let (from, to) = (origin.join(dir), dest.join(dir));
 
 			if !from.exists() {
+				if to.exists() {
+					remove_dir_all(&to)
+						.await
+						.with_context(|| format!("failed to prune no-longer exist folder {}", to.display()))?;
+				}
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs b/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
index 6be4a4f3..6754941d 100644
--- a/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
+++ b/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ use yazi_shared::strip_trailing_newline;
 
 pub(super) struct Git;
 
+pub(super) enum DiffAction {
+	Add { file: String },
+	Delete { file: String },
+	Rename { old: String, new: String },
+	Copy { old: String, new: String },
+}
+
 impl Git {
 	pub(super) async fn clone(url: &str, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
 		Self::exec(|c| c.args(["clone", url]).arg(path)).await
@@ -42,6 +49,48 @@ impl Git {
 		))
 	}
 
+	pub(super) async fn diff(path: &Path, rev: &str, filter: &[&str]) -> Result<Vec<DiffAction>> {
+		let mut command = Command::new("git");
+		command.current_dir(path).args(["diff", "-M100", "-C100", rev, "origin/HEAD", "--name-status"]);
+		if !filter.is_empty() {
+			command.arg("--");
+		}
+		for f in filter {
+			command.arg(*f);
+		}
+		let output = command.output().await.context("Failed to run git diff")?;
+
+		if !output.status.success() {
+			bail!("git diff failed: {}", output.status);
+		}
+
+		let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).context("Failed to parse git diff output")?;
+		let mut diff_actions = Vec::new();
+
+		for line in stdout.lines() {
+			let parts: Vec<&str> = line.split_whitespace().collect();
+			if parts.is_empty() {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			match parts[0] {
+				"A" | "M" if parts.len() == 2 => {
+					diff_actions.push(DiffAction::Add { file: parts[1].to_string() })
+				}
+				"D" if parts.len() == 2 => {
+					diff_actions.push(DiffAction::Delete { file: parts[1].to_string() })
+				}
+				"R100" if parts.len() == 3 => diff_actions
+					.push(DiffAction::Rename { old: parts[1].to_string(), new: parts[2].to_string() }),
+				"C100" if parts.len() == 3 => diff_actions
+					.push(DiffAction::Copy { old: parts[1].to_string(), new: parts[2].to_string() }),
+				_ => {}
+			}
+		}
+
+		Ok(diff_actions)
+	}
+
 	async fn exec(f: impl FnOnce(&mut Command) -> &mut Command) -> Result<()> {
 		let status =
 			f(&mut Command::new("git")).status().await.context("Failed to execute `git` command")?;
@@ -53,3 +102,17 @@ impl Git {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }
+
+impl DiffAction {
+	pub(super) fn is_in(&self, dirs: &[&str]) -> bool {
+		for dir in dirs {
+			match self {
+				DiffAction::Add { file } => return file.contains(dir),
+				DiffAction::Delete { file } => return file.contains(dir),
+				DiffAction::Rename { old: _, new } => return new.contains(dir),
+				DiffAction::Copy { old: _, new } => return new.contains(dir),
+			}
+		}
+		false
+	}
+}