diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2f69cfd..31ebdb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,23 +38,13 @@ jobs:
         
       - name: Verify dependencies
         run: go mod verify
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: go build -v -o bin/git-get ./cmd/
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: go test -race ./...
         
-      - name: Set up Git (for tests)
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "test@example.com"
-          git config --global user.name "CI Test"
-          
-      - name: Run tests with coverage
-        run: go test -race -coverprofile coverage.out -covermode=atomic ./...
-        
-      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.go-version == '1.24'
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          file: ./coverage.out
-          flags: unittests
-          name: codecov-umbrella
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
@@ -104,37 +94,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
 
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    needs: [test, lint, security]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
-          cache: true
-          
-      - name: Build binary
-        run: |
-          go build -v -o bin/git-get ./cmd/
-          
-      - name: Test binary and symlink behavior
-        run: |
-          ./bin/git-get --version
-          # Test symlink functionality
-          ln -sf git-get bin/git-list
-          ./bin/git-list --version
-          
-      - name: Upload build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: binary
-          path: bin/
-          retention-days: 30
diff --git a/pkg/git/test/helpers.go b/pkg/git/test/helpers.go
index e71077a..fdac6ac 100644
--- a/pkg/git/test/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/git/test/helpers.go
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ func TempDir(t *testing.T, parent string) string {
 func (r *Repo) init() {
 	err := run.Git("init", "--quiet", "--initial-branch=main", r.path).AndShutUp()
 	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+
+	r.setupGitConfig()
+}
+
+// setupGitConfig sets up local git config for test repository only.
+func (r *Repo) setupGitConfig() {
+	err := run.Git("config", "user.name", "Test User").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+
+	err = run.Git("config", "user.email", "test@example.com").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
 }
 
 // writeFile writes the content string into a file. If file doesn't exists, it will create it.
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ func (r *Repo) stageFile(path string) {
 }
 
 func (r *Repo) commit(msg string) {
-	err := run.Git("commit", "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%q", msg), "--author=\"user <user@example.com>\"").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	err := run.Git("commit", "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%q", msg)).OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
 	checkFatal(r.t, err)
 }
 
@@ -81,6 +92,9 @@ func (r *Repo) clone() *Repo {
 		t:    r.t,
 	}
 
+	// Set up git config in the cloned repository
+	clone.setupGitConfig()
+
 	return clone
 }