diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index df8c202..af2392b 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -4001,13 +4001,7 @@ function isGitSha(ref) {
 }
 exports.isGitSha = isGitSha;
 async function hasCommit(ref) {
-    core.startGroup(`Checking if commit for ${ref} is locally available`);
-    try {
-        return (await exec_1.default('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
-    }
-    finally {
-        core.endGroup();
-    }
+    return (await exec_1.default('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
 }
 async function getCommitCount() {
     const output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['rev-list', '--count', '--all'])).stdout;
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index e1853bd..a9ac9b9 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -198,12 +198,7 @@ export function isGitSha(ref: string): boolean {
 }
 
 async function hasCommit(ref: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  core.startGroup(`Checking if commit for ${ref} is locally available`)
-  try {
-    return (await exec('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
-  } finally {
-    core.endGroup()
-  }
+  return (await exec('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
 }
 
 async function getCommitCount(): Promise<number> {