diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-coverage.yml
index 23f993e4..f82776d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-coverage.yml
@@ -2,30 +2,28 @@ name: Build
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ main ]
 
 jobs:
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version: 1.16
+        go-version-file: go.mod
 
     - name: Test
       run: |
         git config user.email "talisman-maintainers@thoughtworks.com"
         git config user.name "Talisman Maintainers"
         go test -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out -v ./...
-      
+
     - name: Codecov
       # You may pin to the exact commit or the version.
       # uses: codecov/codecov-action@e156083f13aff6830c92fc5faa23505779fbf649
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.2.1
-
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 0150af13..00000000
--- a/.go-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.18.10
diff --git a/git_testing/git_testing.go b/git_testing/git_testing.go
index 291ebea3..f0aa6631 100644
--- a/git_testing/git_testing.go
+++ b/git_testing/git_testing.go
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ func Init(gitRoot string) *GitTesting {
 	testingRepo := &GitTesting{gitRoot}
 	output := testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "init", ".")
 	logrus.Debugf("Git init result %v", string(output))
-	if os.Getenv("CI") != "" {
-		fmt.Println("Setting up git_repo")
-		testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "config", "--global", "user.email", "talisman-test-user@example.com")
-		testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "config", "--global", "user.name", "Talisman Test User")
-	}
+	testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "config", "user.email", "talisman-test-user@example.com")
+	testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "config", "user.name", "Talisman Test User")
+	testingRepo.ExecCommand("git", "config", "commit.gpgsign", "false")
 	return testingRepo
 }
 
@@ -35,8 +33,11 @@ func (git *GitTesting) GitClone(cloneName string) *GitTesting {
 	result := git.ExecCommand("git", "clone", git.gitRoot, cloneName)
 	Logger.Debugf("Clone result : %s\n", result)
 	Logger.Debugf("GitRoot :%s \t CloneRoot: %s\n", git.gitRoot, cloneName)
-	retval := &GitTesting{cloneName}
-	return retval
+	clone := &GitTesting{cloneName}
+	clone.ExecCommand("git", "config", "user.email", "talisman-test-user@example.com")
+	clone.ExecCommand("git", "config", "user.name", "Talisman Test User")
+	clone.ExecCommand("git", "config", "commit.gpgsign", "false")
+	return clone
 }
 
 func (git *GitTesting) SetupBaselineFiles(filenames ...string) {
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func (git *GitTesting) Commit(fileName string, message string) {
 	git.ExecCommand("git", "commit", "-m", message)
 }
 
-//GetBlobDetails returns git blob details for a path
+// GetBlobDetails returns git blob details for a path
 func (git *GitTesting) GetBlobDetails(fileName string) string {
 	var output []byte
 	objectHashAndFilename := ""
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func (git *GitTesting) GetBlobDetails(fileName string) string {
 	return objectHashAndFilename
 }
 
-//ExecCommand executes a command with given arguments in the git repo directory
+// ExecCommand executes a command with given arguments in the git repo directory
 func (git *GitTesting) ExecCommand(commandName string, args ...string) string {
 	var output []byte
 	git.doInGitRoot(func() {
@@ -176,12 +177,12 @@ func (git *GitTesting) doInGitRoot(operation func()) {
 	operation()
 }
 
-//GetRoot returns the root directory of the git-testing repo
+// GetRoot returns the root directory of the git-testing repo
 func (git *GitTesting) GetRoot() string {
 	return git.gitRoot
 }
 
-//RemoveHooks removes all file-system hooks from git-test repo
+// RemoveHooks removes all file-system hooks from git-test repo
 func (git *GitTesting) RemoveHooks() {
 	git.ExecCommand("rm", "-rf", ".git/hooks/")
 }