diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
index 9859b81e74..c4f0cd58e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           dolt config --global --add user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
           dolt config --global --add user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+      - name: Setup Git Config
+        run: |
+          git --version
+          git config --global user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch main
       - name: Install Maven
         working-directory: ./.ci_bin
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-unix.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-unix.yaml
index 01a895646f..672a859e94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-unix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-unix.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           dolt config --global --add user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
           dolt config --global --add user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+      - name: Setup Git Config
+        run: |
+          git --version
+          git config --global user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch main
       - name: Install expect
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: sudo apt-get install -y expect
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-windows.yaml
index ee14292ade..fc54e7a050 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-windows.yaml
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           dolt config --global --add user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
           dolt config --global --add user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+      - name: Setup Git Config
+        run: |
+          git --version
+          git config --global user.name 'Dolthub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email 'actions@dolthub.com'
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch main
       - name: Test file
         run: bats --tap ${{ matrix.file }}
         working-directory: ./integration-tests/bats
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats b/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
index 8d6a987d59..ba5834cb53 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
@@ -25,7 +25,24 @@ teardown() {
 # Helper function to create a bare git repository
 create_bare_git_repo() {
     local name=$1
-    git init --bare "git-remotes/${name}.git" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    local repo_path="git-remotes/${name}.git"
+    
+    # Debug output
+    echo "DEBUG: Creating bare git repo: ${repo_path}"
+    echo "DEBUG: Current directory: $(pwd)"
+    echo "DEBUG: PATH=${PATH}"
+    echo "DEBUG: which git: $(which git 2>&1)"
+    echo "DEBUG: git --version: $(git --version 2>&1)"
+    echo "DEBUG: /usr/bin/git exists: $(test -x /usr/bin/git && echo 'yes' || echo 'no')"
+    
+    # Try to create the repo
+    if ! git init --bare "${repo_path}"; then
+        echo "DEBUG: git init failed with exit code $?"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    
+    echo "DEBUG: Successfully created ${repo_path}"
+    ls -la "${repo_path}"
 }
 
 @test "remotes-git: remote init creates dolt structure" {