diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/convert-to-yml.yml b/.gitea/workflows/convert-to-yml.yml
index 9b99b13..7b2c169 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/convert-to-yml.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/convert-to-yml.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: clone
         run: |
           git clone ${{ github.serverUrl }}/${{ github.repository }} ../cloned
+          git -C ../cloned status
           mv ../cloned/.git ..
           rm -rf ../cloned
           cp -r . ../cloned
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           mv ../.git ../cloned
           rm -r *
           mv ../cloned/* .
-          git status
+          git -C ../cloned status
       - name: GIT commit and push all changed files
         env: 
           CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE: Continuous Integration Build Artifacts
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "${{ env.CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR }}"
           git config --global user.email "username@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config pull.rebase false
           git checkout -b ${{ env.PRODUCTION_BRANCH }}
           git add -A
+          git status
           git commit -a -m "${{ env.CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE }} xml files converted to yml"
           git push -f origin HEAD:${{ env.PRODUCTION_BRANCH }}
       - name: make pull request