diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 313f7b44..1b09610c 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -481,6 +481,19 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       }
     },
 
+    gitcommit: {
+      dist: {
+        options: {
+          message: 'dist',
+          noVerify: true,
+          noStatus: false
+        },
+        files: {
+          src: ['dist/**/*']
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
     compress: {
       main: {
         options: {
@@ -621,9 +634,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   //------
   // Release and publish
   grunt.registerTask('prep-release', [
-    'dist', // all dist including docs
-    'jekyll:github', // build site from scratch
-    'compress' // compress zip
+    'dist',
+    'gitcommit:dist',
+    'jekyll:github' // build site from scratch
+    //'compress' // compress zip
   ]);
   grunt.registerTask('publish', [
     'prep-release',   // build all including dist, docs, site
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb7b5d36..9bced182 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "grunt-csscomb": "~3.1.0",
     "grunt-eslint": "^17.3.1",
     "grunt-exec": "~0.4.6",
+    "grunt-git": "^0.3.7",
     "grunt-html": "~5.0.0",
     "grunt-jekyll": "~0.4.2",
     "grunt-jscs": "~2.4.0",