diff --git a/cmd/actions/up.go b/cmd/actions/up.go
index 78d4ae9..59401d0 100644
--- a/cmd/actions/up.go
+++ b/cmd/actions/up.go
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package actions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/user"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/foomo/squadron"
+	"github.com/foomo/squadron/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -73,8 +76,20 @@ func up(args []string, cwd, namespace string, build, push, diff bool, files []st
 		return err
 	}
 
+	username := "unknown"
+	if value, err := util.NewCommand("git").Args("config", "user.name").Run(); err == nil {
+		username = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+	} else if value, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
+		username = strings.TrimSpace(value.Name)
+	}
+
+	commit := ""
+	if value, err := util.NewCommand("git").Args("rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD").Run(); err == nil {
+		commit = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+	}
+
 	if !diff {
-		return sq.Up(units, helmArgs)
+		return sq.Up(units, helmArgs, username, version, commit)
 	} else if out, err := sq.Diff(units, helmArgs); err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f6bcaf..516693f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
 	k8s.io/api v0.22.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2686f73..2d07fb8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+o
 github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:FFnZGqtBN9Gxj7eW1uZ42v5BccTP0vu6NEaFoC2HwRg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 h1:Fmg33tUaq4/8ym9TJN1x7sLJnHVwhP33CNkpYV/7rwI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
@@ -226,7 +228,6 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 h1:9f412s+6RmYXLWZSEzVVgPGK7C2PphHj5RJrvfx9
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20120707110453-a547fc61f48d/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
-github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWbfPhv4DMiApHyliiK5xCTNVSPiaAs=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v0.0.0-20170829012221-11459a886d9c/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
@@ -635,8 +636,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f h1:BLraFXnmrev5lT+xlilqcH8XK9/i0At2xKjWk4p6zsU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
diff --git a/squadron.go b/squadron.go
index c236121..cc5b032 100644
--- a/squadron.go
+++ b/squadron.go
@@ -326,13 +326,18 @@ func (sq *Squadron) Status(units map[string]*Unit, helmArgs []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sq *Squadron) Up(units map[string]*Unit, helmArgs []string) error {
+func (sq *Squadron) Up(units map[string]*Unit, helmArgs []string, username, version, commit string) error {
+	description := fmt.Sprintf("\nManaged-By: Squadron %s\nDeployed-By: %s\nGit-Commit: %s", version, username, commit)
+
 	if sq.c.Unite {
 		logrus.Infof("running helm upgrade for chart: %s", sq.chartPath())
 		_, err := util.NewHelmCommand().
 			Stdout(os.Stdout).
-			Args("upgrade", sq.name, sq.chartPath(), "--install").
+			Args("upgrade", sq.name, sq.chartPath()).
 			Args("--namespace", sq.namespace).
+			Args("--dependency-update").
+			Args("--description", description).
+			Args("--install").
 			Args(helmArgs...).
 			Run()
 		return err
@@ -340,25 +345,28 @@ func (sq *Squadron) Up(units map[string]*Unit, helmArgs []string) error {
 	for uName, u := range units {
 		// todo use release prefix on install: squadron name or --name
 		rName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", sq.name, uName)
-		logrus.Infof(
-			"running helm dependency update for %s in %s",
-			uName,
-			strings.TrimPrefix(u.Chart.Repository, "file://"),
-		)
-		if strings.Contains(u.Chart.Repository, "file://") {
-			if _, err := util.NewHelmCommand().
-				Args("dependency", "update").
-				Cwd(strings.TrimPrefix(u.Chart.Repository, "file://")).
-				Stdout(os.Stdout).
-				Run(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
+		//logrus.Infof(
+		//	"running helm dependency update for %s in %s",
+		//	uName,
+		//	strings.TrimPrefix(u.Chart.Repository, "file://"),
+		//)
+		//if strings.Contains(u.Chart.Repository, "file://") {
+		//	if _, err := util.NewHelmCommand().
+		//		Args("dependency", "update").
+		//		Cwd(strings.TrimPrefix(u.Chart.Repository, "file://")).
+		//		Stdout(os.Stdout).
+		//		Run(); err != nil {
+		//		return err
+		//	}
+		//}
 		logrus.Infof("running helm upgrade for %s", uName)
 		cmd := util.NewHelmCommand().
 			Stdout(os.Stdout).
 			Args("upgrade", rName, "--install").
+			Args("--description", description).
 			Args("--namespace", sq.namespace).
+			Args("--dependency-update").
+			Args("--install").
 			Args("-f", path.Join(sq.chartPath(), uName+".yaml")).
 			Args(helmArgs...)
 		if strings.Contains(u.Chart.Repository, "file://") {