diff --git a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-initial.git/info/exclude b/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-initial.git/info/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index a5196d1..0000000
--- a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-initial.git/info/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~
diff --git a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/HEAD b/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/HEAD
index acc5d28..b870d82 100644
--- a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/HEAD
+++ b/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/HEAD
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ref: refs/heads/v4
+ref: refs/heads/main
diff --git a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/info/exclude b/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/info/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index a5196d1..0000000
--- a/internal/pull/pull_test/codeql-action-modified.git/info/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~
diff --git a/internal/push/push.go b/internal/push/push.go
index 2c13508..fc1c522 100644
--- a/internal/push/push.go
+++ b/internal/push/push.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (pushService *pushService) pushGit(repository *github.Repository, initialPu
 	}
 
 	_ = gitRepository.DeleteRemote(remoteName)
-	gitRemote, err := gitRepository.CreateRemote(&config.RemoteConfig{
+	_, err = gitRepository.CreateRemote(&config.RemoteConfig{
 		Name: remoteName,
 		URLs: []string{remoteURL},
 	})
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (pushService *pushService) pushGit(repository *github.Repository, initialPu
 		}
 	}
 	for _, refSpecs := range refSpecBatches {
-		err = gitRemote.PushContext(pushService.ctx, &git.PushOptions{
+		err = gitRepository.PushContext(pushService.ctx, &git.PushOptions{
 			RemoteName: remoteName,
 			RefSpecs:   refSpecs,
 			Auth:       credentials,
diff --git a/internal/push/push_test/action-cache-initial/git/info/exclude b/internal/push/push_test/action-cache-initial/git/info/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index a5196d1..0000000
--- a/internal/push/push_test/action-cache-initial/git/info/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~
diff --git a/internal/push/push_test/action-cache-initial/git/refs/.gitkeep b/internal/push/push_test/action-cache-initial/git/refs/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29