diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8f973622..61f22d95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -33,13 +33,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install packages (Linux)
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev git
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev
 
-      - name: Carg |
-          git --version
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          o check
+      - name: Cargo check
         run: | 
           cargo check -p cargo-near
           cargo check -p cargo-near-build --all-features
@@ -69,13 +65,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install packages (Linux)
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev git
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          git --version
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
+          git config --global user.email "nearprotocol-ci@near.org"
+          git config --global user.name "nearprotocol-ci"
           cargo test --workspace
 
   lint:
diff --git a/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs b/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
index c0c06fb4..631dc257 100644
--- a/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
+++ b/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
@@ -96,28 +96,20 @@ impl NewContext {
             ));
         }
 
-        // let status = std::process::Command::new("git")
         let child = std::process::Command::new("git")
             .arg("commit")
             .arg("-m")
             .arg("init")
+            .arg("--author=nearprotocol-ci <nearprotocol-ci@near.org>")
             .current_dir(project_dir)
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-            // .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            // .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            // .status()?;
             .spawn()?;
-        // if !status.success() {
-        //     return Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!(
-        //         "Failed to execute process: `git commit -m init`"
-        //     ));
-        // }
         let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
         if !output.status.success() {
             println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
             return Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!(
-                "Failed to execute process: `cargo update`"
+                "Failed to execute process: `git commit -m init --author='nearprotocol-ci <nearprotocol-ci@near.org>'`"
             ));
         }
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/cargo_near_new_integration.rs b/integration-tests/tests/cargo_near_new_integration.rs
index 88181077..1a800b4b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/tests/cargo_near_new_integration.rs
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/cargo_near_new_integration.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ fn test_docker_build() -> cargo_near::CliResult {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_new_command() -> cargo_near::CliResult {
+    let _generated_dir = run_cargo_near_new()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn get_workspaces_rs_version(manifest_path: &camino::Utf8PathBuf) -> color_eyre::Result<String> {
     use color_eyre::eyre::OptionExt;
@@ -69,7 +75,6 @@ fn get_workspaces_rs_version(manifest_path: &camino::Utf8PathBuf) -> color_eyre:
     Ok(result)
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn run_cargo_near_new() -> color_eyre::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
     let out_path = {
         let tmp_dir = tempfile::Builder::new()