diff --git a/home/programs/git/default.nix b/home/programs/git/default.nix
index 7b6e534..7bd8e7d 100644
--- a/home/programs/git/default.nix
+++ b/home/programs/git/default.nix
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
             echo "[maintenance]"
             for repoLocation in ${repoDirs}; do
               for repo in "$repoLocation"/*/.git; do
-                echo "repo = $('${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/realpath' "''${repo%"/.git"}")"
+                if [ "$(git config get -f "$repo/config" maintenance.skip)" != true ]; then
+                  echo "repo = $('${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/realpath' "''${repo%"/.git"}")"
+                fi
               done
             done
           } > "$1"