diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate-rebase.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate-rebase.yaml
index 91d1044c..484464e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate-rebase.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate-rebase.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           git remote add upstream https://github.com/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}
           git pull --no-edit upstream ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
           git reset --soft ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} # so the rev-parse in API commit gets the right SHA
+          git restore --staged .
 
       - name: Commit Changes
         env:
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ jobs:
           export TODAY=$( date -u '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S' )
           export MESSAGE="chore: update ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} $TODAY"
           echo "Branch to update: $DESTINATION_BRANCH"
-          for FILE_TO_COMMIT in $(git diff ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} HEAD --name-only || git diff --name-only --staged || git diff --name-only);
+          # for FILE_TO_COMMIT in $(git diff ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} HEAD --name-only || git diff --name-only --staged || git diff --name-only);
+          for FILE_TO_COMMIT in $(git diff --name-only);
           do
             export SHA=$( git rev-parse $DESTINATION_BRANCH:$FILE_TO_COMMIT )
             export CONTENT=$( base64 -i $FILE_TO_COMMIT )