diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull.yml b/.github/workflows/pull.yml
index 76d70c4f5..c3310b4d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull.yml
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ jobs:
         RANGE=${BEFORE:-origin/master}..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:+origin/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
         echo "debug: last 10 commits:"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -10)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -10)"
         echo "debug: origin/master:"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 origin/master)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 origin/master)"
         echo "debug: BEFORE=$BEFORE"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $BEFORE)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $BEFORE)"
         echo "debug: GITHUB_HEAD_REF=$GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $GITHUB_HEAD_REF)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $GITHUB_HEAD_REF)"
         echo "debug: RANGE(commits to check)=$RANGE"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' --abbrev-commit --date=relative --date-order $RANGE)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' --abbrev-commit --date=relative --date-order $RANGE)"
 
         if git rev-list --quiet $RANGE
         then tools/commitlint $RANGE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index b158bb098..b40720414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ jobs:
         RANGE=${BEFORE:-origin/master}..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-}
 
         echo "debug: last 10 commits:"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -10)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -10)"
         echo "debug: origin/master:"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 origin/master)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 origin/master)"
         echo "debug: BEFORE=$BEFORE"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $BEFORE)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $BEFORE)"
         echo "debug: GITHUB_HEAD_REF=$GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $GITHUB_HEAD_REF)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' -1 $GITHUB_HEAD_REF)"
         echo "debug: RANGE(commits to check)=$RANGE"
-        echo "debug:  $(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' --abbrev-commit --date=relative --date-order $RANGE)"
+        echo "$(git log --format='%h -%d %s (%an, %ci)' --abbrev-commit --date=relative --date-order $RANGE)"
 
         if git rev-list --quiet $RANGE
         then tools/commitlint $RANGE