diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 68da84a8ba54dfcefd16da4cffd35716e96d17a0..9fafb3112c3926eabd7965be12f009006fb2f21b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ release:
   when: manual
   script:
     - ls -al
-    - git diff
     - git config user.name "$TECHUSER_NAME"
     - git config user.email "$TECHUSER_MAIL"
     - git remote set-url --push origin "https://oauth2:${TECHUSER_ACCESS_TOKEN}@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ida-public/zellige-core.git/"
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ release:
     - curl --fail https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/release-version.sh --output ../release-version.sh
     - "chmod +x ../release-version.sh"
     - git checkout -f $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    - git diff
     - " ../release-version.sh --skip-version-check $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"
 
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