diff --git a/cmd/README.md b/cmd/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc87c8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CMD
+
+testing read me
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/git/manager.go b/pkg/git/manager.go
index 3bf0b99b..9e76379b 100644
--- a/pkg/git/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/git/manager.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (rm *RepoManager) Clone(ctx context.Context, cloneUrl, branchName string) (
 	}
 
 	rm.lock.Lock()
-	defer rm.lock.Unlock() // just for safety's sake
+	//defer rm.lock.Unlock() // just for safety's sake
 	rm.repos = append(rm.repos, repo)
 
 	return repo, nil
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (rm *RepoManager) Clone(ctx context.Context, cloneUrl, branchName string) (
 
 func (rm *RepoManager) Cleanup() {
 	rm.lock.Lock()
-	defer rm.lock.Unlock()
+	//defer rm.lock.Unlock()
 
 	for _, repo := range rm.repos {
 		repo.Wipe()
diff --git a/pkg/git/repo.go b/pkg/git/repo.go
index 05652154..27fc5711 100644
--- a/pkg/git/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/git/repo.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg"
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/vcs"
-	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/telemetry"
 )
 
 type Repo struct {
@@ -119,10 +118,10 @@ func (r *Repo) MergeIntoTarget(ctx context.Context, sha string) error {
 	defer span.End()
 
 	cmd := r.execCommand("git", "merge", sha)
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	_, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		telemetry.SetError(span, err, "merge commit into branch")
-		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("unable to merge %s, %s", sha, out)
+		//telemetry.SetError(span, err, "merge commit into branch")
+		//log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("unable to merge %s, %s", sha, out)
 		return err
 	}