diff --git a/.github/workflows/mmerge.yml b/.github/workflows/mmerge.yml
index 7c9e9320b7..8cff3ec54a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mmerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mmerge.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,21 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.email "actions@zpqrtbnk.net"
           git config user.name "Actions"
-          git fetch --no-tags origin master
+          git fetch --depth=1 --no-tags origin master
           git branch master origin/master
-          git merge master
-          git push
-      - name: and then
+          # because we fetched both other and master with depth=1 we have no history
+          # and therefore no way to determine whether they are related, so we need to
+          # specify --allow-unrelated-histories here AND it is *always* going to
+          # create a merge commit since, again, it cannot verify whether the merge
+          # already took place
+          git merge master --allow-unrelated-histories
+      - name: make changes
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          ls
\ No newline at end of file
+          echo woop>>woop.txt
+      - name: commit and push back
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            # we don't want to add another commit on top of the merge, just shoobi it
+            git commit --amend -m "wooplala"
+            git push
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5aff729995..7827e8da20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Hey! This is my personal Git(Hub) Test Repository where I experiment with Git and GitHub. 
 
+Thank you for this test repo !
+
 If you are new to Git and GitHub and found this repository through Google: feel free to clone the repository and experiment with it! You will not be able to push back to the repository, as it is *my* repository and I cannot let everybody push to it. The right way to do it on GitHub is: 
 
 1. fork the repository in your own account,