The command print "Already up-to-date" to the console. It seems that problem is the use of with_stdout=False that then does not both to do anything to stdout. [git-python-with-stdout.txt](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/files/275304/git-python-with-stdout.txt) The attached patch seems to fix the problem by setting stdout to DEVNULL. Tested on python 3.4.