diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c0276fe..e1c4d98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         uses: ./
         env:
-          ENV: 'test'
+          ENV: 'dont-use-git'
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         uses: ./
         env:
-          ENV: 'test'
+          ENV: 'dont-use-git'
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           skip-commit: 'true'
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         uses: ./
         env:
-          ENV: 'test'
+          ENV: 'dont-use-git'
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           version-file: 'test-file.yaml'
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         uses: ./
         env:
-          ENV: 'test'
+          ENV: 'dont-use-git'
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           version-file: 'test-file.toml'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d63a188..bcaffe9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@ If you'd like to contribute to this project, all you need to do is clone and ins
 $ yarn install
 
 # To run / test json versioning
-$ act -j test-json -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=<your token>
+$ act -j test-json -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=fake-token
 
 # To run / test git versioning
-$ act -j test-git -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=<your token>
+$ act -j test-git -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=fake-token
 
 # To run / test yaml versioning
-$ act -j test-yaml -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=<your token>
+$ act -j test-yaml -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=fake-token
 
 # To run / toml git versioning
-$ act -j test-toml -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=<your token>
+$ act -j test-toml -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04 -s github_token=fake-token
 ```
 
 ## [License](./LICENSE)
diff --git a/src/helpers/git.js b/src/helpers/git.js
index d5ae9fe..de5c185 100644
--- a/src/helpers/git.js
+++ b/src/helpers/git.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ module.exports = new (class Git {
     const gitUserName = core.getInput('git-user-name')
     const gitUserEmail = core.getInput('git-user-email')
 
-    if (ENV === 'test') {
+    // if the env is dont-use-git then we mock exec as we are testing a workflow locally
+    if (ENV === 'dont-use-git') {
       this.exec = (command) => {
         console.log(`Skipping "git ${command}" because of test env`)
       }