diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3fd87c9..a999491 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -155,32 +155,13 @@ jobs:
         # fetch-depth 0 checks out all history for all branches and tags.
         # This is needed to get the authors from git.
         fetch-depth: 0
-
     - name: Set up Python 3.10
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
-
-    - name: Debug - Display git log count
-      run: |
-        git log --oneline | wc
-
-    - name: Debug - Display git authors
-      run: |
-        git shortlog --summary --email
-
-    - name: Debug - Display git status
-      run: |
-        git status
-
     - name: Development setup
       run: |
         make develop
-
-    - name: Debug - Display git status
-      run: |
-        git status
-
     - name: Display Python packages
       run: |
         pip list
@@ -192,11 +173,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Display the distribution directory
       run: |
         ls -l dist
-
-    - name: Fail
-      run: |
-        false
-
     - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffc76c8..3b3b30a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ AUTHORS.md: _always
 	sh -c "ls -l log.tmp"
 	sh -c "cat log.tmp >>AUTHORS.md.tmp"
 	echo '```' >>AUTHORS.md.tmp
-	sh -c "if ! grep -q '[^[:space:]]' log.tmp; then echo 'Warning - git shortlog does not display any authors - leaving AUTHORS.md file unchanged'; else if ! diff -q AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; then echo 'Updating AUTHORS.md:'; diff AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; mv AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; else echo 'AUTHORS.md was already up to date'; fi; fi"
+	sh -c "if ! grep -q '[^[:space:]]' log.tmp; then echo 'Warning - git shortlog does not display any authors - leaving AUTHORS.md file unchanged'; else if ! diff -q AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; then echo 'Updating AUTHORS.md as follows:'; diff AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; mv AUTHORS.md.tmp AUTHORS.md; else echo 'AUTHORS.md was already up to date'; fi; fi"
 	sh -c "rm -f log.tmp AUTHORS.md.tmp"
 
 .PHONY: clean