diff --git a/__tests__/git.test.ts b/__tests__/git.test.ts
index ddb0b65d2..f1c7bc5fa 100644
--- a/__tests__/git.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/git.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('git', () => {
       })
 
       await init(action)
-      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7)
+      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
     })
 
     it('should catch when a function throws an error', async () => {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('git', () => {
       })
 
       await init(action)
-      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7)
+      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
     })
 
     it('should not unset git config if a user is using ssh', async () => {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('git', () => {
       })
 
       await init(action)
-      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6)
+      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7)
 
       process.env.CI = undefined
     })
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('git', () => {
       })
 
       await init(action)
-      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7)
+      expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/__tests__/main.test.ts b/__tests__/main.test.ts
index f0ec58053..3d33495aa 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('main', () => {
       debug: true
     })
     await run(action)
-    expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(18)
+    expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(19)
     expect(rmRF).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(exportVariable).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('main', () => {
       isTest: TestFlag.HAS_CHANGED_FILES
     })
     await run(action)
-    expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(21)
+    expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(22)
     expect(rmRF).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(exportVariable).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e34e2b0d0..a8e06b0ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@jamesives/github-pages-deploy-action",
   "description": "GitHub action for building a project and deploying it to GitHub pages.",
   "author": "James Ives <iam@jamesiv.es> (https://jamesiv.es)",
-  "version": "4.6.3",
+  "version": "4.6.4",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "lib/lib.js",
   "types": "lib/lib.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/execute.ts b/src/execute.ts
index db560fe99..86e93e97d 100644
--- a/src/execute.ts
+++ b/src/execute.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
 import buffer from 'buffer'
 
+/**
+ * The output of a command.
+ */
 type ExecuteOutput = {
+  /**
+   * The standard output of the command.
+   */
   stdout: string
+  /**
+   * The standard error of the command.
+   */
   stderr: string
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +30,7 @@ export async function execute(
   cmd: string,
   cwd: string,
   silent: boolean,
-  ignoreReturnCode = false
+  ignoreReturnCode: boolean = false
 ): Promise<ExecuteOutput> {
   output.stdout = ''
   output.stderr = ''
@@ -37,6 +46,9 @@ export async function execute(
   return Promise.resolve(output)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Writes the output of a command to the stdout buffer.
+ */
 export function stdout(data: Buffer | string): void {
   const dataString = data.toString().trim()
   if (
@@ -47,6 +59,9 @@ export function stdout(data: Buffer | string): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Writes the output of a command to the stderr buffer.
+ */
 export function stderr(data: Buffer | string): void {
   const dataString = data.toString().trim()
   if (
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index afa87f72e..f8b9a4e0f 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ export async function init(action: ActionInterface): Promise<void | Error> {
     info(`Deploying using ${action.tokenType}… 🔑`)
     info('Configuring git…')
 
+    /**
+     * Add safe directory to the global git config.
+     */
+    try {
+      await execute(
+        `git config --global safe.directory '*'`,
+        action.workspace,
+        action.silent
+      )
+    } catch {
+      info('Unable to set workflow file tree as a safe directory…')
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure that the workspace is a safe directory, this is somewhat redundant as the action
+     * will always set the workspace as a safe directory, but this is a fallback in case the action
+     * fails to do so.
+     */
     try {
       await execute(
         `git config --global --add safe.directory "${action.workspace}"`,