diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cad1b47..ec8022a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## master
+[v6.4.7...master](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/compare/v6.4.7...master)
+
+### Added
+- Added `deploy:check_remote` task [#1755]
+
+
 ## v6.4.7
 [v6.4.6...v6.4.7](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/compare/v6.4.6...v6.4.7)
 
@@ -515,7 +522,7 @@
 [#1775]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1775
 [#1764]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1764
 [#1758]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1758
-[#1755]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1755
+[#1755]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/issues/1755
 [#1709]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/issues/1709
 [#1708]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1708
 [#1677]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1677
diff --git a/recipe/common.php b/recipe/common.php
index eb66ecba..df7725fe 100644
--- a/recipe/common.php
+++ b/recipe/common.php
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ set('target', function () {
  */
 
 set('keep_releases', 5);
-// By setting this to true, deployer will avoid unnecessary new release by checking the remote git HEAD without cloning the repo.
-set('check_remote_head', false);
 
 set('repository', ''); // Repository to deploy.
 
diff --git a/recipe/deploy/check_remote.php b/recipe/deploy/check_remote.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ee93a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/deploy/check_remote.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/* (c) Anton Medvedev <anton@medv.io>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Deployer;
+
+use Deployer\Exception\GracefulShutdownException;
+
+// Check and save the remote HEAD/revision and compare it with the existing saved one (if any).
+// This avoid unnecessary releases when the last commit id matches the existing one (HEAD).
+desc('Check remote head');
+task('deploy:check_remote', function () {
+    if (empty(get('repository'))) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $repository = get('repository');
+    $revision = input()->getOption('revision') ?? null;
+    $remoteHead = $revision ?? run(sprintf('%s ls-remote %s HEAD | tr -d "HEAD"', get('bin/git'), $repository));
+
+    if (null == input()->getOption('tag')) {
+        $headPath = get('deploy_path') . '/.dep/HEAD';
+        $headContents = run(sprintf('test -e %s && cat %1$s', $headPath));
+        // Check if HEAD file is exists and then compare it.
+        if (trim($headContents) === trim($remoteHead)) {
+            throw new GracefulShutdownException("Already up-to-date.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    run("cd {{deploy_path}} && echo $remoteHead > .dep/HEAD");
+});
diff --git a/recipe/deploy/prepare.php b/recipe/deploy/prepare.php
index 7ddcc47b..836467b3 100644
--- a/recipe/deploy/prepare.php
+++ b/recipe/deploy/prepare.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Deployer;
 
-use Deployer\Exception\GracefulShutdownException;
+use Deployer\Exception\Exception;
 use function Deployer\Support\str_contains;
 
 desc('Preparing host for deploy');
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ task('deploy:prepare', function () {
     // Check for existing /current directory (not symlink)
     $result = test('[ ! -L {{deploy_path}}/current ] && [ -d {{deploy_path}}/current ]');
     if ($result) {
-        throw new \RuntimeException('There already is a directory (not symlink) named "current" in ' . get('deploy_path') . '. Remove this directory so it can be replaced with a symlink for atomic deployments.');
+        throw new Exception('There already is a directory (not symlink) named "current" in ' . get('deploy_path') . '. Remove this directory so it can be replaced with a symlink for atomic deployments.');
     }
 
     // Create metadata .dep dir.
@@ -37,20 +37,4 @@ task('deploy:prepare', function () {
 
     // Create shared dir.
     run("cd {{deploy_path}} && if [ ! -d shared ]; then mkdir shared; fi");
-
-    // Check and save the remote HEAD/revision and compare it with the existing saved one (if any)
-    // This avoid unnecessary releases when the last commit id matches the existing one (HEAD)
-    $repository  = trim(get('repository'));
-    $revision    = input()->getOption('revision') ?? null;
-    $remoteHead  = $revision ?? run(sprintf('%s ls-remote %s HEAD | tr -d "HEAD"', get('bin/git'), $repository));
-
-    if (true === get('check_remote_head') && null == input()->getOption('tag')) {
-        $headPath = trim(get('deploy_path').'/.dep/HEAD');
-        $headContents = run(sprintf('test -e %s && cat %1$s', $headPath));
-        //check if HEAD file is exists and then compare it
-        if (trim($headContents) === trim($remoteHead)) {
-            throw new GracefulShutdownException("Already up-to-date.");
-        }
-    }
-    run("cd {{deploy_path}} && echo ".$remoteHead.' > .dep/HEAD');
 });
diff --git a/recipe/deploy/update_code.php b/recipe/deploy/update_code.php
index 3946a3ed..765be3ad 100644
--- a/recipe/deploy/update_code.php
+++ b/recipe/deploy/update_code.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set('git_cache', function () {
 
 desc('Update code');
 task('deploy:update_code', function () {
-    $repository = trim(get('repository'));
+    $repository = get('repository');
     $branch = get('branch');
     $git = get('bin/git');
     $gitCache = get('git_cache');