diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yml b/.github/workflows/update.yml
index c2725e9..ed34252 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ jobs:
             branch: release-6.x
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
       - run: npm install semver
 
@@ -59,6 +55,11 @@ jobs:
               return { version: latestVersion }
             }
 
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        if: steps.get-latest-release.outputs.result
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
+
       - name: Update stack version
         id: update-files
         if: steps.get-latest-release.outputs.result
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 753765e..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Node.js artifacts created by certain GitHub Actions
-/node_modules/
-/package-lock.json