diff --git a/.github/workflows/fast_forward.yml b/.github/workflows/fast_forward.yml
index 88611b18..53dd23dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fast_forward.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fast_forward.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set environment variables
         run: |
-          MERGE_STATUS=${{ fromJson(steps.get-pr-details.outputs.data).mergeable_state }}
-          if [ "$MERGE_STATUS" != "clean" ]; then echo "COMMENT=[Fast Forward CI] ${{ env.HEAD_REF }} cannot be merged into ${{ env.BASE_REF }} at the moment." >> $GITHUB_ENV; fi
+          MERGE_STATUS=${{ fromJson(steps.get-pr-details.outputs.data).mergeable }}
+          if $MERGE_STATUS; then echo "COMMENT=\[Fast Forward CI\] ${{ env.HEAD_REF }} cannot be merged into ${{ env.BASE_REF }} at the moment." >> $GITHUB_ENV; fi
           echo "MERGE_STATUS=$MERGE_STATUS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "BASE_REF=${{ fromJson(steps.get-pr-details.outputs.data).base.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "HEAD_REF=${{ fromJson(steps.get-pr-details.outputs.data).head.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       # Only runs if the merge status is "clean", clean might refer to when the merge button is green in the PR's page, there's no clear indication of it's values in docs
       # For forks the following script adds the fork as a remote, them merges it into base
       - name: Merge the head branch into base in a fast forward manner only
-        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS == 'clean' }}
+        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS }}
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       # Cuts the lines before "## Changelog" line in the PR's body using the "sed" command
       # Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/35966027
       - name: Copy the changelogs from pr message to latest.md
-        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS == 'clean' }}
+        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS }}
         run: |
           cd ./doc/changelogs
           echo "$ISSUE_BODY" > pr_msg.txt
@@ -96,21 +96,21 @@ jobs:
 
       # Commit the changes if there was no error i.e., there was no issue in fetching the files and there was actually a changelog found/copied
       - name: Commit the changes (if any)
-        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS == 'clean' }}
+        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS }}
         run: |
           if [[ "$( tail ./response.txt -n 1 )" = "No changes to write\!" ]] || [[ "$( tail ./response.txt -n 1 )" =~ "File \`(.*?)\` not found\!" ]]; then
             echo "COMMENT=${{ env.COMMENT }}\nNo changelogs found..." >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
             git add doc/changelogs/latest.md
             git commit -m "chore(ff ci): add changelogs from #${{ github.event.issue.number }} to CHANGELOG.md"
-            echo "COMMENT=${{ env.COMMENT }}\nCopied the changelogs from pull request body to doc/CHANGELOG.md..." >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "COMMENT=${{ env.COMMENT }} Copied the changelogs from pull request body to doc/CHANGELOG.md..." >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
 
       - name: Push to origin
-        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS == 'clean' }}
+        if: ${{ env.MERGE_STATUS }}
         run: |
           git push origin
-          echo "COMMENT=${{ env.COMMENT }}\nPushed the changes to origin." >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "COMMENT=${{ env.COMMENT }} Pushed the changes to origin." >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       # Post a success/failure comment to the PR.
       - name: Add success/failure comment to PR
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ jobs:
           issue_number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
           body: \[Fast Forward CI\] PR cannot be merged in. Check the Actions tab for details.
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}