diff --git a/e2e/harmony/checkout-harmony.e2e.ts b/e2e/harmony/checkout-harmony.e2e.ts
index 78b701c0d087..7a8e6a2f0c3a 100644
--- a/e2e/harmony/checkout-harmony.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/harmony/checkout-harmony.e2e.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { MissingBitMapComponent } from '../../src/consumer/bit-map/exceptions';
 import { NewerVersionFound } from '../../src/consumer/exceptions';
 import Helper, { FileStatusWithoutChalk } from '../../src/e2e-helper/e2e-helper';
+import { FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG } from '../../src/constants';
 
 chai.use(require('chai-fs'));
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ describe('bit checkout command', function () {
         expect(output).to.have.string('bar/foo');
       });
       it('should indicate that the file was not changed', () => {
-        expect(output).to.have.string(FileStatusWithoutChalk.unchanged);
+        expect(output).to.not.have.string(FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG);
       });
       it('should leave the file intact', () => {
         const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(helper.scopes.localPath, 'bar/foo.js')).toString();
@@ -419,8 +420,7 @@ describe('bit checkout command', function () {
           output = helper.command.checkoutVersion('0.0.1', 'bar/foo', '--auto-merge-resolve ours');
         });
         it('should indicate that the new file was not changed', () => {
-          expect(output).to.have.string(FileStatusWithoutChalk.unchanged);
-          expect(output).to.have.string('foo2.js');
+          expect(output).to.not.have.string(FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG);
         });
         it('should not delete the file', () => {
           expect(path.join(helper.scopes.localPath, 'bar/foo2.js')).to.be.a.file();
diff --git a/e2e/harmony/lanes/merge-lanes.e2e.ts b/e2e/harmony/lanes/merge-lanes.e2e.ts
index 7609da488b1b..05aa5ebf3ccb 100644
--- a/e2e/harmony/lanes/merge-lanes.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/harmony/lanes/merge-lanes.e2e.ts
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ describe('merge lanes', function () {
         mergeOutput = helper.command.mergeLane('main', '--resolve-unrelated');
       });
       it('should merge successfully', () => {
-        expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('successfully merged components');
+        expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('successfully merged');
       });
       it('bit status should show the component as staged and not everywhere else', () => {
         helper.command.expectStatusToBeClean(['stagedComponents']);
@@ -1524,4 +1524,32 @@ describe('merge lanes', function () {
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('multiple files, some are not changes', () => {
+    let switchOutput: string;
+    before(() => {
+      helper.scopeHelper.setNewLocalAndRemoteScopes();
+      helper.command.createLane('lane-a');
+      helper.fixtures.populateComponents(1, false);
+      helper.fs.outputFile('comp1/foo.js');
+      helper.command.snapAllComponentsWithoutBuild();
+      helper.command.export();
+      helper.command.createLane('lane-b');
+      helper.command.snapAllComponentsWithoutBuild('--unmodified');
+      helper.command.export();
+
+      switchOutput = helper.command.switchLocalLane('lane-a', '-x');
+    });
+    it('expect to have all files as unchanged, not updated', () => {
+      expect(switchOutput).to.not.have.string('updated');
+    });
+    describe('merge the lane', () => {
+      let mergeOutput: string;
+      before(() => {
+        mergeOutput = helper.command.mergeLane('lane-b', '-x');
+      });
+      it('expect to have all files as unchanged, not updated', () => {
+        expect(mergeOutput).to.not.have.string('updated');
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/harmony/snap.e2e.2.ts b/e2e/harmony/snap.e2e.2.ts
index 2a9493725df5..2afb132ba1e1 100644
--- a/e2e/harmony/snap.e2e.2.ts
+++ b/e2e/harmony/snap.e2e.2.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import chai, { expect } from 'chai';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
-import { HASH_SIZE, AUTO_SNAPPED_MSG } from '../../src/constants';
+import { HASH_SIZE, AUTO_SNAPPED_MSG, FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG } from '../../src/constants';
 import ComponentsPendingMerge from '../../src/consumer/component-ops/exceptions/components-pending-merge';
 import Helper from '../../src/e2e-helper/e2e-helper';
 import * as fixtures from '../../src/fixtures/fixtures';
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ describe('bit snap command', function () {
             mergeOutput = helper.command.merge('bar/foo --auto-merge-resolve ours');
           });
           it('should succeed and indicate that the files were not changed', () => {
-            expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('unchanged');
+            expect(mergeOutput).to.not.have.string(FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG);
           });
           it('should indicate that a component was snapped', () => {
             expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('merge-snapped components');
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ describe('bit snap command', function () {
             mergeOutput = helper.command.merge('bar/foo --auto-merge-resolve ours --no-snap');
           });
           it('should succeed and indicate that the files were not changed', () => {
-            expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('unchanged');
+            expect(mergeOutput).to.not.have.string(FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG);
           });
           it('should not show a message about merge-snapped components', () => {
             expect(mergeOutput).to.not.have.string('merge-snapped components');
diff --git a/e2e/harmony/updates-from-main-and-lane.e2e.ts b/e2e/harmony/updates-from-main-and-lane.e2e.ts
index 4d093c67e9d6..4cc477babbc8 100644
--- a/e2e/harmony/updates-from-main-and-lane.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/harmony/updates-from-main-and-lane.e2e.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ describe('updates from main and lane', function () {
         );
       });
       it('should update not only components belong to the main but also components that are available on the workspace and have updates from main', () => {
-        expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('comp1');
-        expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('comp2');
+        expect(mergeOutput).to.have.string('Total Merged: 2');
 
         const status = helper.command.statusJson(undefined, '--lanes');
         expect(status.pendingUpdatesFromMain).to.have.lengthOf(0);
diff --git a/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-cmd.ts b/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-cmd.ts
index e38246416e32..7919e3085d7d 100644
--- a/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-cmd.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-cmd.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ once ready, snap/tag the components to persist the changes`;
         // @ts-ignore version is defined when !reset
         head || latest ? component.id.version : version
       )}\n`;
-      return `${chalk.underline(title)} ${applyVersionReport(components, false)}`;
+      return chalk.bold(title) + applyVersionReport(components, false);
     }
     if (reset) {
       const title = 'successfully reset the following components\n\n';
@@ -215,10 +215,9 @@ once ready, snap/tag the components to persist the changes`;
       return `version ${chalk.bold(version)}`;
     };
     const versionOutput = getVerOutput();
-    const title = `successfully ${switchedOrReverted} the following components to ${versionOutput}\n\n`;
+    const title = `successfully ${switchedOrReverted} ${components.length} components to ${versionOutput}\n`;
     const showVersion = head || reset;
-    const componentsStr = applyVersionReport(components, true, showVersion);
-    return chalk.underline(title) + componentsStr;
+    return chalk.bold(title) + applyVersionReport(components, true, showVersion);
   };
   const getNewOnLaneOutput = () => {
     if (!newFromLane?.length) return '';
diff --git a/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-version.ts b/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-version.ts
index b3064080b25c..cd6d4b11934a 100644
--- a/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-version.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/checkout/checkout-version.ts
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ export async function applyVersion(
   if (componentFromFS && !componentMap) throw new GeneralError('applyVersion: componentMap was not found');
 
   const files = component.files;
-  files.forEach((file) => {
-    filesStatus[pathNormalizeToLinux(file.relative)] = FileStatus.updated;
-  });
+  updateFileStatus(files, filesStatus, componentFromFS || undefined);
 
   await removeFilesIfNeeded(filesStatus, componentFromFS || undefined);
 
@@ -110,6 +108,15 @@ export async function applyVersion(
   };
 }
 
+export function updateFileStatus(files: SourceFile[], filesStatus: FilesStatus, componentFromFS?: ConsumerComponent) {
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    const fileFromFs = componentFromFS?.files.find((f) => f.relative === file.relative);
+    const areFilesEqual = fileFromFs && Buffer.compare(fileFromFs.contents, file.contents) === 0;
+    // @ts-ignore
+    filesStatus[pathNormalizeToLinux(file.relative)] = areFilesEqual ? FileStatus.unchanged : FileStatus.updated;
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * when files exist on the filesystem but not on the checked out versions, they need to be deleted.
  * without this function, these files would be left on the filesystem. (we don't delete the comp-dir before writing).
diff --git a/scopes/component/checkout/index.ts b/scopes/component/checkout/index.ts
index b3a2b449f69f..fa6870ad1d37 100644
--- a/scopes/component/checkout/index.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/checkout/index.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ export {
   ComponentStatusBase,
   ApplyVersionWithComps,
   removeFilesIfNeeded,
+  updateFileStatus,
 } from './checkout-version';
 export { checkoutOutput } from './checkout-cmd';
diff --git a/scopes/component/merging/merge-cmd.ts b/scopes/component/merging/merge-cmd.ts
index 045c53b16dac..2a7b3c160448 100644
--- a/scopes/component/merging/merge-cmd.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/merging/merge-cmd.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import { Command, CommandOptions } from '@teambit/cli';
 import { BitId } from '@teambit/legacy-bit-id';
 import { ComponentID } from '@teambit/component-id';
 import { compact } from 'lodash';
-import { WILDCARD_HELP, AUTO_SNAPPED_MSG, MergeConfigFilename } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/constants';
+import {
+  WILDCARD_HELP,
+  AUTO_SNAPPED_MSG,
+  MergeConfigFilename,
+  FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG,
+} from '@teambit/legacy/dist/constants';
 import {
   FileStatus,
   ApplyVersionResult,
@@ -148,10 +153,12 @@ export function mergeReport({
 }: ApplyVersionResults & { configMergeResults?: ConfigMergeResult[] }): string {
   const getSuccessOutput = () => {
     if (!components || !components.length) return '';
-    // @ts-ignore version is set in case of merge command
-    const title = `successfully merged components${version ? `from version ${chalk.bold(version)}` : ''}\n`;
-    // @ts-ignore components is set in case of merge command
-    return chalk.underline(title) + chalk.green(applyVersionReport(components));
+    const title = `successfully merged ${components.length} components${
+      version ? `from version ${chalk.bold(version)}` : ''
+    }\n`;
+    const fileChangesReport = applyVersionReport(components);
+
+    return chalk.bold(title) + fileChangesReport;
   };
 
   const getConflictSummary = () => {
@@ -263,13 +270,18 @@ ${mergeSnapError.message}
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * shows only the file-changes section.
+ * if all files are "unchanged", it returns an empty string
+ */
 export function applyVersionReport(components: ApplyVersionResult[], addName = true, showVersion = false): string {
   const tab = addName ? '\t' : '';
-  return components
-    .map((component: ApplyVersionResult) => {
+  const fileChanges = compact(
+    components.map((component: ApplyVersionResult) => {
       const name = showVersion ? component.id.toString() : component.id.toStringWithoutVersion();
-      const files = Object.keys(component.filesStatus)
-        .map((file) => {
+      const files = compact(
+        Object.keys(component.filesStatus).map((file) => {
+          if (component.filesStatus[file] === FileStatus.unchanged) return null;
           const note =
             component.filesStatus[file] === FileStatus.manual
               ? chalk.white(
@@ -278,10 +290,16 @@ export function applyVersionReport(components: ApplyVersionResult[], addName = t
               : '';
           return `${tab}${component.filesStatus[file]} ${chalk.bold(file)} ${note}`;
         })
-        .join('\n');
+      ).join('\n');
+      if (!files) return null;
       return `${addName ? name : ''}\n${chalk.cyan(files)}`;
     })
-    .join('\n\n');
+  ).join('\n\n');
+  if (!fileChanges) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  const title = `\n${FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG}\n`;
+  return chalk.underline(title) + fileChanges;
 }
 
 export function conflictSummaryReport(components: ApplyVersionResult[]): string {
diff --git a/scopes/component/merging/merging.main.runtime.ts b/scopes/component/merging/merging.main.runtime.ts
index 4453dabefd76..b0e21be27d5d 100644
--- a/scopes/component/merging/merging.main.runtime.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/merging/merging.main.runtime.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   ComponentStatusBase,
   applyModifiedVersion,
   removeFilesIfNeeded,
+  updateFileStatus,
 } from '@teambit/checkout';
 import { ComponentID } from '@teambit/component-id';
 import { DEPENDENCIES_FIELDS } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/constants';
@@ -597,10 +598,7 @@ export class MergingMain {
       legacyComponent.version = id.version;
     }
     const files = legacyComponent.files;
-    files.forEach((file) => {
-      // @ts-ignore AUTO-ADDED-AFTER-MIGRATION-PLEASE-FIX!
-      filesStatus[pathNormalizeToLinux(file.relative)] = FileStatus.updated;
-    });
+    updateFileStatus(files, filesStatus, currentComponent || undefined);
 
     if (mergeResults) {
       // update files according to the merge results
diff --git a/scopes/lanes/lanes/switch.cmd.ts b/scopes/lanes/lanes/switch.cmd.ts
index 5007a1d2ccd5..5b3cb448714b 100644
--- a/scopes/lanes/lanes/switch.cmd.ts
+++ b/scopes/lanes/lanes/switch.cmd.ts
@@ -85,17 +85,8 @@ ${COMPONENT_PATTERN_HELP}`,
     const getSuccessfulOutput = () => {
       const laneSwitched = chalk.green(`\nsuccessfully set "${chalk.bold(lane)}" as the active lane`);
       if (!components || !components.length) return `No components have been changed.${laneSwitched}`;
-      if (components.length === 1) {
-        const component = components[0];
-        const componentName = component.id.toStringWithoutVersion();
-        const title = `successfully switched ${chalk.bold(componentName)} to version ${chalk.bold(
-          component.id.version as string
-        )}\n`;
-        return `${title} ${applyVersionReport(components, false)}${laneSwitched}`;
-      }
-      const title = `successfully switched the following components to the head of lane ${lane}\n\n`;
-      const componentsStr = applyVersionReport(components, true, false);
-      return title + componentsStr + laneSwitched;
+      const title = `successfully switched ${components.length} components to the head of lane ${lane}\n`;
+      return chalk.bold(title) + applyVersionReport(components, true, false) + laneSwitched;
     };
     const failedOutput = getFailureOutput();
     const successOutput = getSuccessfulOutput();
diff --git a/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts b/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
index f9c13bab3d70..d21aac183b37 100644
--- a/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
+++ b/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export class MergeLanesMain {
       const readmeComponentId = otherLane.readmeComponent.id.changeVersion(otherLane.readmeComponent?.head?.hash);
       deleteResults = await this.remove.removeLocallyByIds([readmeComponentId]);
     } else if (otherLane && !otherLane.readmeComponent) {
-      deleteResults = { readmeResult: `\nlane ${otherLane.name} doesn't have a readme component` };
+      deleteResults = { readmeResult: '' };
     }
     const configMergeResults = allComponentsStatus.map((c) => c.configMergeResult);
 
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 027a7d42a856..fefad085e7dd 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -609,3 +609,5 @@ export enum BuildStatus {
 }
 
 export const SOURCE_DIR_SYMLINK_TO_NM = '_src'; // symlink from node_modules to the workspace sources files
+
+export const FILE_CHANGES_CHECKOUT_MSG = 'components with file changes';