diff --git a/.github/workflows/analyze.yml b/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
index 78c373c809..9d0ab12127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ jobs:
         # actions/checkout fetches only a single commit in a detached HEAD state. Therefore
         # we need to pass the current branch, otherwise we can't commit the changes.
         # GITHUB_HEAD_REF is the name of the head branch. GitHub Actions only sets this for PRs.
-      - run: ../scripts/commit-formatted-code.sh $GITHUB_HEAD_REF
-        if: env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF != null
+      - name: commit formatted code
+        env:
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+        run: echo $BRANCH_NAME # ../scripts/commit-formatted-code.sh $BRANCH_NAME
+        if: $BRANCH_NAME != null
 
       - name: dart analyze
         uses: invertase/github-action-dart-analyzer@cdd8652b05bf7ed08ffce30f425436780f869f13 # pin@v1