diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index c796638f..cc54ed24 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -457,11 +457,11 @@ def update_servergitmirrors(servergitmirrors, repo_section):
         logging.debug(_('Offline machine, skipping git mirror generation until `fdroid deploy`'))
         return
 
-    working_dir_root = Path(os.getcwd())
+    workspace_dir = Path(os.getcwd())
 
     # right now we support only 'repo' git-mirroring
     if repo_section == 'repo':
-        git_mirror_path = working_dir_root / 'git-mirror'
+        git_mirror_path = workspace_dir / 'git-mirror'
         dotgit = os.path.join(git_mirror_path, '.git')
         git_fdroiddir = os.path.join(git_mirror_path, 'fdroid')
         git_repodir = os.path.join(git_fdroiddir, repo_section)
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ def update_servergitmirrors(servergitmirrors, repo_section):
             # trailing slashes have a meaning in rsync which is not needed here, so
             # make sure both paths have exactly one trailing slash
             if is_index_only:
-                files_to_sync = [str(working_dir_root / repo_section / index_file) for index_file in INDEX_FILES]
+                files_to_sync = [str(workspace_dir / repo_section / index_file) for index_file in INDEX_FILES]
             else:
-                files_to_sync = [str(working_dir_root / repo_section).rstrip('/') + '/']
+                files_to_sync = [str(workspace_dir / repo_section).rstrip('/') + '/']
             common.local_rsync(options, files_to_sync, git_repodir.rstrip('/') + '/')
 
             upload_to_servergitmirror(mirror_config=d,
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ def upload_to_servergitmirror(mirror_config: Dict[str, str],
         local_repo.index.add(['.gitlab-ci.yml'])
         local_repo.index.commit("fdroidserver git-mirror: Deploy to GitLab Pages")
 
-    logging.debug(_('Pushing to {url}').format(url=remote.url))
+    logging.info(_('Pushing to {url}').format(url=remote.url))
     with local_repo.git.custom_environment(GIT_SSH_COMMAND=ssh_cmd):
         pushinfos = remote.push(
             f"{local_branch_name}:{remote_branch_name}", force=True, set_upstream=True, progress=progress