diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index cbac855e..b331cc9c 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -32,29 +32,32 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
 
   const modifiedFiles = await getModifiedFiles({env, cwd});
 
-  const filesToCommit = uniq(
-    await pReduce(
-      assets.map((asset) => (!isArray(asset) && isPlainObject(asset) ? asset.path : asset)),
-      async (result, asset) => {
-        const glob = castArray(asset);
-        let nonegate;
-        // Skip solo negated pattern (avoid to include every non js file with `!**/*.js`)
-        if (glob.length <= 1 && glob[0].startsWith('!')) {
-          nonegate = true;
-          debug(
-            'skipping the negated glob %o as its alone in its group and would retrieve a large amount of files ',
-            glob[0]
-          );
-        }
+  const filesToCommit =
+    assets && assets.length > 0
+      ? uniq(
+          await pReduce(
+            assets.map((asset) => (!isArray(asset) && isPlainObject(asset) ? asset.path : asset)),
+            async (result, asset) => {
+              const glob = castArray(asset);
+              let nonegate;
+              // Skip solo negated pattern (avoid to include every non js file with `!**/*.js`)
+              if (glob.length <= 1 && glob[0].startsWith('!')) {
+                nonegate = true;
+                debug(
+                  'skipping the negated glob %o as its alone in its group and would retrieve a large amount of files ',
+                  glob[0]
+                );
+              }
 
-        return [
-          ...result,
-          ...micromatch(modifiedFiles, await dirGlob(glob, {cwd}), {dot: true, nonegate, cwd, expand: true}),
-        ];
-      },
-      []
-    )
-  );
+              return [
+                ...result,
+                ...micromatch(modifiedFiles, await dirGlob(glob, {cwd}), {dot: true, nonegate, cwd, expand: true}),
+              ];
+            },
+            []
+          )
+        )
+      : [];
 
   if (filesToCommit.length > 0) {
     logger.log('Found %d file(s) to commit', filesToCommit.length);
diff --git a/test/prepare.test.js b/test/prepare.test.js
index 8e7d97a1..82110ff8 100644
--- a/test/prepare.test.js
+++ b/test/prepare.test.js
@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ test('Commit files matching the patterns in "assets"', async (t) => {
   t.deepEqual(t.context.log.args[0], ['Found %d file(s) to commit', 5]);
 });
 
+test('Commit no files when "assets" is false', async (t) => {
+  const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
+  const pluginConfig = {
+    assets: false,
+  };
+  const branch = {name: 'master'};
+  const options = {repositoryUrl};
+  const env = {};
+  const lastRelease = {};
+  const nextRelease = {version: '2.0.0', gitTag: 'v2.0.0'};
+
+  await prepare(pluginConfig, {cwd, env, options, branch, lastRelease, nextRelease, logger: t.context.logger});
+
+  t.deepEqual((await gitCommitedFiles('HEAD', {cwd, env})).sort(), []);
+});
+
 test('Commit files matching the patterns in "assets" as Objects', async (t) => {
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const pluginConfig = {