diff --git a/crates/noil/src/cli/apply.rs b/crates/noil/src/cli/apply.rs
index 894f173..5e51f4f 100644
--- a/crates/noil/src/cli/apply.rs
+++ b/crates/noil/src/cli/apply.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 #[derive(clap::Parser)]
-pub struct ApplyCommand {}
+pub struct ApplyCommand {
+    #[arg(long = "commit")]
+    commit: bool,
+}
 
 impl ApplyCommand {
     pub async fn execute(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -17,11 +20,15 @@ impl ApplyCommand {
 
         let input = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer);
 
-        let action = print_changes(&input).await?;
-        match action {
-            Action::Quit => Ok(()),
-            Action::Apply { original } => apply(&original).await,
-            Action::Edit => todo!(),
+        if !self.commit {
+            let action = print_changes(&input, !self.commit).await?;
+            match action {
+                Action::Quit => Ok(()),
+                Action::Apply { original } => apply(&original).await,
+                Action::Edit => todo!(),
+            }
+        } else {
+            apply(&input).await
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/noil/src/cli/edit.rs b/crates/noil/src/cli/edit.rs
index bbedcec..ce3f119 100644
--- a/crates/noil/src/cli/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/noil/src/cli/edit.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use crate::{
     parse,
 };
 
+const PREVIEW: bool = false;
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
 pub struct EditCommand {
     #[arg()]
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ impl EditCommand {
                 .await
                 .context("read noil file")?;
 
-            let res = print_changes(&noil_content).await;
+            let res = print_changes(&noil_content, PREVIEW).await;
 
             let action = match res {
                 Ok(a) => a,
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ pub async fn apply(input: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 if existing.path.is_dir() {
                     tracing::debug!("copying dir");
                     copy(&existing.path, path).await?;
+                    continue;
                 }
 
                 tokio::fs::copy(&existing.path, &path)
@@ -235,6 +238,9 @@ async fn copy(source: &Path, dest: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     for entry in walkdir::WalkDir::new(source) {
         let entry = entry?;
+
+        tracing::debug!("copying path: {}", entry.path().display());
+
         paths.push(entry.path().strip_prefix(source)?.to_path_buf());
     }
 
@@ -260,10 +266,12 @@ async fn copy_path(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
 
     if src.is_dir() {
+        tracing::info!("copying dir: {}", dest.display());
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&dest).await.context("copy dir")?;
     }
 
-    if dest.is_file() {
+    if src.is_file() {
+        tracing::info!("copying file: {}", dest.display());
         tokio::fs::copy(&src, &dest).await.context("copy file")?;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/noil/src/commit.rs b/crates/noil/src/commit.rs
index 41be684..530a902 100644
--- a/crates/noil/src/commit.rs
+++ b/crates/noil/src/commit.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub enum Action {
     Edit,
 }
 
-pub async fn print_changes(input: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Action> {
+pub async fn print_changes(input: &str, preview: bool) -> anyhow::Result<Action> {
     let noil_index = parse_input(input).context("parse input")?;
 
     fn print_op(key: &str, index: Option<&str>, path: Option<&Path>) {
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ pub async fn print_changes(input: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Action> {
             _ => {}
         }
     }
+
+    if preview {
+        return Ok(Action::Quit);
+    }
+
     eprint!("\nApply changes? (y (yes) / n (abort) / E (edit)): ");
     let mut stderr = std::io::stderr();
     stderr.flush()?;