diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml
index c01d6755..cff80389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ jobs:
             -   name: remove old pretest branches
                 run: |
                 
-                    git config --unset remote.origin.url
-                    git config --unset remote.origin.fetch
+                    # git config --unset remote.origin.url
+                    # git config --unset remote.origin.fetch
                     
                     
                     
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
                     $main_repo_url = '${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}'
                     Write-Host "fetching commits of: $main_repo_url"
                     git clone --filter=tree:0 $main_repo_url
-                    git config list
+                    git config --list --show-origin
                     git fetch --all
                     git branch -r