diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 445a174..051e013 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 'origin'
   log_level: 
     description: 'Log level, specified using the standard Python logging module levels. Default is WARN. Options are DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR.'
-    default: 'INFO'
+    default: 'WARN'
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
diff --git a/create_commits.py b/create_commits.py
index d0e5be9..012a20d 100644
--- a/create_commits.py
+++ b/create_commits.py
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ def main(
         commit_message_lines = commit_message.split("\n")
         headline = commit_message_lines[0]
         body = "\n".join(commit_message_lines[1:])
+        body += f"\n\nThis commit was created from the local commit with hash {local_commit_hash}."
         commit_message = CommitMessage(headline=headline, body=body)
 
         file_changes = get_file_changes_from_local_commit_hash(local_commit_hash)
@@ -499,18 +500,13 @@ def main(
         except (RemoteBranchDivergedError, GithubAPIError) as e:
             if not last_commit_pushed:
                 # If we haven't pushed any commits yet, then the error is less severe. We'll print
-                # an error, but we won't raise an exception - this means the Github Action's status
-                # will still be 'success'.
+                # an error that explains this, and will raise an exception.
                 logging.error(
                     "An error occurred while pushing the first commit to the remote branch. "
                     "This action made no changes to the remote branch. Error message: %s",
                     e,
                 )
-                return
-            else:
-                # If we've already pushed some commits, then the error is more severe. We'll raise an
-                # exception.
-                raise e
+            raise e
 
         remote_commit_hashes_created.append(last_commit_pushed)
         logging.info(