diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 649b5bd..b2b7b5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Tag and Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: But Test First
+      uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml
+
     - name: Checkout repository (full-depth)
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with: { fetch-depth: 0 } # Required to determine version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba1b473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: "[auto] test"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Run automated tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install tools
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+      - name: Install DEV dependencies
+        run: pip install -e .[dev]
+
+      - name: Run pro-commit checks
+        run: |
+          pip install pre-commit
+          pre-commit run --all-files
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: bash run_tests.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e73593..9a58687 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 *.egg-info
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a2d0bf8..9497008 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ repos:
       stages: [pre-commit]
     - id: check-added-large-files
       stages: [pre-commit]
-    - id: detect-aws-credentials
-      stages: [pre-commit]
     - id: detect-private-key
       stages: [pre-commit]
     - id: check-json
diff --git a/tests/local-template/poetry/poetry.lock b/tests/local-template/poetry/poetry.lock
index c399ef1..42ac9f4 100644
--- a/tests/local-template/poetry/poetry.lock
+++ b/tests/local-template/poetry/poetry.lock
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
-
-[[package]]
-name = "click"
-version = "8.1.7"
-description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
-files = [
-    {file = "click-8.1.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ae74fb96c20a0277a1d615f1e4d73c8414f5a98db8b799a7931d1582f3390c28"},
-    {file = "click-8.1.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ca9853ad459e787e2192211578cc907e7594e294c7ccc834310722b41b9ca6de"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dep1-poetry"
-version = "1.0.0"
-description = "The dummy dependency"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
-files = [
-    {file = "dummy.whl", hash = "sha256:4f1d9991f5acc0ca119f9d443620b77f9d6b33703e51011c16baf57afb285fc6"},
-    {file = "dummy-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "future"
-version = "0.18.3"
-description = "Clean single-source support for Python 3 and 2"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
-files = [
-    {file = "future-0.18.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:34a17436ed1e96697a86f9de3d15a3b0be01d8bc8de9c1dffd59fb8234ed5307"},
-]
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+
+[[package]]
+name = "click"
+version = "8.1.7"
+description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "click-8.1.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ae74fb96c20a0277a1d615f1e4d73c8414f5a98db8b799a7931d1582f3390c28"},
+    {file = "click-8.1.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ca9853ad459e787e2192211578cc907e7594e294c7ccc834310722b41b9ca6de"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dep1-poetry"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "The dummy dependency"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "dummy.whl", hash = "sha256:4f1d9991f5acc0ca119f9d443620b77f9d6b33703e51011c16baf57afb285fc6"},
+    {file = "dummy-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "future"
+version = "0.18.3"
+description = "Clean single-source support for Python 3 and 2"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+files = [
+    {file = "future-0.18.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:34a17436ed1e96697a86f9de3d15a3b0be01d8bc8de9c1dffd59fb8234ed5307"},
+]
diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index 217c053..c365bac 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set -e
+set -ex
 
 export GIRA_TEST_ROOT=$PWD
 
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ envsubst < local-template/.gira.yaml > local/.gira.yaml
 
 pushd local
 git init 2> /dev/null
+git config user.name "Test Action" && git config user.email ""
 git add .
-git commit -m "Initial commit" 2> /dev/null
+git commit -m "Initial commit"
 
 # run on no changes in dependencies
 echo "-- Test no changes" > README.md