diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0f23b9e..175457e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,4 @@ jobs:
         run: npm i --prefer-online --no-fund --no-audit -g npm@latest
       - run: npm -v
       - run: npm i
-      - run: |
-        git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
-        git config --global user.name "Your Name"
-        npm test --ignore-scripts
+      - run: npm test --ignore-scripts
diff --git a/test/clone.js b/test/clone.js
index 89884d1..3a5d268 100644
--- a/test/clone.js
+++ b/test/clone.js
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ t.test('setup aditional tests', t => {
   const git = (...cmd) => spawnGit(cmd, { cwd: regularRepo })
   const write = (f, c) => fs.writeFileSync(`${regularRepo}/${f}`, c)
   return git('init', '-b', 'main')
+    .then(() => git('config', 'user.name', 'pacotedev'))
+    .then(() => git('config', 'user.email', 'i+pacotedev@izs.me'))
     .then(() => write('foo', 'bar'))
     .then(() => git('add', 'foo'))
     .then(() => git('commit', '-m', 'foobar'))
diff --git a/test/is-clean.js b/test/is-clean.js
index 4736f62..a7e875e 100644
--- a/test/is-clean.js
+++ b/test/is-clean.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const write = (file, data) => writeFile(resolve(repo, file), data)
 
 t.test('create git repo', t =>
   spawn(['init'], { cwd: repo })
+    .then(() => spawn(['config', 'user.name', 'pacotedev'], { cwd: repo }))
+    .then(() => spawn(['config', 'user.email', 'i+pacotedev@izs.me'], { cwd: repo }))
     .then(() => write('hello', 'world')))
 
 t.test('dir is clean, just one unknown file', t =>