diff --git a/autodeploy/setup.sh b/autodeploy/setup.sh
index 7ba3eb6..2f90c4d 100755
--- a/autodeploy/setup.sh
+++ b/autodeploy/setup.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$0")
 "$SCRIPT_PATH/gitignore.sh" add "$ARCHIVE" || true
 "$SCRIPT_PATH/gitignore.sh" add "$BINARY" || true
 
-#TODO: we actually need to version this!
-"$SCRIPT_PATH/gitignore.sh" add pixi.lock || true
+
+git config user.name "GFA AutoDeploy"
+git config user.email "gfa-autodeploy@psi.ch"
 
 
 export CONDA_OVERRIDE_GLIBC=2.28
@@ -31,11 +32,8 @@ chmod -R g=u .
 "$SCRIPT_PATH/symlink.sh" "$PWD/.pixi/envs" "$PWD/../../envs"
 
 
-#git config user.name "GFA AutoDeploy"
-#git config user.email "gfa-autodeploy@psi.ch"
-
-#git add .gitattributes .gitignore pixi.lock pixi.toml
-#git commit -m"automatic commit after install"
-#git push
+git add .gitattributes .gitignore pixi.lock pixi.toml
+git commit -m"automatic commit after install"
+git push