diff --git a/src/__e2e__/change.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/change.test.ts
index 714e0f8e0..3238d9194 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/change.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/change.test.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ describe('change command', () => {
     makeMonorepoChanges(repo);
 
     const changePromise = change({ path: repo.rootPath, branch: defaultBranchName } as BeachballOptions);
+    await waitForPrompt();
 
     // use custom values for first package
     expect(logs.mocks.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('Please describe the changes for: pkg-1');
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ describe('change command', () => {
       branch: defaultBranchName,
       groupChanges: true,
     } as BeachballOptions);
+    await waitForPrompt();
 
     // use custom values for first package
     expect(logs.mocks.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('Please describe the changes for: pkg-1');
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ describe('change command', () => {
     const repo = repositoryFactory.cloneRepository();
     makeMonorepoChanges(repo);
 
+    // custom prompt for different packages (only truly doable here because elsewhere it uses combinedOptions)
     mockBeachballOptions = {
       changeFilePrompt: {
         changePrompt: (defaultPrompt, pkg) => {
@@ -284,6 +287,4 @@ describe('change command', () => {
       expect.objectContaining({ packageName: 'pkg-2', type: 'patch', comment: 'commit 2', custom: 'stuff' }),
     ]);
   });
-
-  // custom prompt for different packages (only truly doable here because elsewhere it uses combinedOptions)
 });
diff --git a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
index eb780a669..98c5f44d5 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
   let repositoryFactory: RepositoryFactory | undefined;
 
   // show error logs for these tests
-  const logs = initMockLogs(['error']);
+  const logs = initMockLogs({ alsoLog: ['error'] });
 
   function getOptions(repo: Repository, overrides: Partial<BeachballOptions>): BeachballOptions {
     return {
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
     );
 
     await expect(publishPromise).rejects.toThrow();
-    expect(
-      logs.mocks.log.mock.calls.some(([arg0]) => typeof arg0 === 'string' && arg0.includes('Retrying... (3/3)'))
-    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(logs.getMockLines('log')).toMatch('Retrying... (3/3)');
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts b/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
index 1cc661c94..991ee0d6c 100644
--- a/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { tmpdir } from './tmpdir';
 import { git } from 'workspace-tools';
 import { defaultBranchName, defaultRemoteName, setDefaultBranchName } from './gitDefaults';
+import { tmpdir } from './tmpdir';
 
 /**
  * Represents a git repository.
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ ${gitResult.stderr.toString()}`);
     return gitResult;
   }
 
+  /** Log the results of a git command to non-wrapped console.log (for debugging) */
+  async gitConsoleLog(args: string[]) {
+    realConsole.log(`$ git ${args.join(' ')}`);
+    const res = await execa('git', args, { cwd: this.rootPath, all: true, reject: false });
+    realConsole.log(res.all);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create (or update) and stage a file, creating the intermediate directories if necessary.
    * Automatically uses root path; do not pass absolute paths here.