diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 91d121d1104e..69c36a962bf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ jobs:
       with: 
         fetch-depth: 0        
 
-    #- name: Print debug output
+    # - name: Print debug output
     #   env:
     #     GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
     #   run: |
+    #     echo
+
     #     echo "$GITHUB_SHA"
     #     echo "$GITHUB_REF"
     #     echo "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
@@ -100,10 +102,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Check commit messages
       env:
-        BEFORE: ${{ github.event.push.before }}
+        BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
       # for a PR this will be: origin/master..origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF
       # for a push it will be: $BEFORE..
       run: |
+        echo A"$BEFORE"B
+        echo C"${BEFORE}"D
+        echo E"${BEFORE:-origin/master}"F
         bin/commitlint ${BEFORE:-origin/master}..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:+origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
     # things to be cached/restored:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 509d789cf9a8..67a87647a39d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -50,11 +50,29 @@ jobs:
       with: 
         fetch-depth: 0        
 
+    # - name: Print debug output
+    #   env:
+    #     GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+    #   run: |
+    #     echo
+
+    #     echo "$GITHUB_SHA"
+    #     echo "$GITHUB_REF"
+    #     echo "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
+    #     echo "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"
+    #     git log "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"..
+    #     bin/commitlint "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"..
+
     - name: Check commit messages
+      env:
+        BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
       # for a PR this will be: master..origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF
       # for a push it will be: master..
       run: |
-        bin/commitlint origin/master..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:+origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
+        echo A"$BEFORE"B
+        echo C"${BEFORE}"D
+        echo E"${BEFORE:-origin/master}"F
+        bin/commitlint ${BEFORE:-origin/master}..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:+origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
     # things to be cached/restored: