diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index afb7cfa4..40d3a50f 100644
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,19 @@ function validateStaging(all: PackageInfo[], version: string) {
 }
 
 function requireCleanAndPushed(repo: string, label: string) {
-  if (output("git", ["status", "--porcelain"], repo)) {
+  // `status --porcelain` can report false worktree changes on Windows when a
+  // generated LF file replaces an autocrlf checkout with identical Git
+  // content. Compare canonical diffs and untracked files instead.
+  const worktreeChanged = run("git", ["diff", "--quiet"], repo, {
+    capture: true,
+    allowFailure: true,
+  }).status;
+  const indexChanged = run("git", ["diff", "--cached", "--quiet"], repo, {
+    capture: true,
+    allowFailure: true,
+  }).status;
+  const untracked = output("git", ["ls-files", "--others", "--exclude-standard"], repo);
+  if (worktreeChanged || indexChanged || untracked) {
     throw new Error(`${label} repository has uncommitted changes.`);
   }
   run("git", ["fetch", "origin"], repo);