diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/update-nightly.yml
index a2429fd37f..d35eda3e47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-nightly.yml
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ jobs:
             git config user.signingkey "${{ runner.temp }}/signing_key"
             msg="bump(nightly): $(git status | grep modified | sed -r 's@.+/([^/]+)/[^/]+\n?@\1 @g' | tr -d '\n')"
             git commit -S -a -m "$msg"
+            git format-patch HEAD^
             copy_over () {
-              git format-patch HEAD^
               git checkout $1
               git apply *.patch || true
-              rm *.patch
-              git add *
+              git add anda
               git commit -S -a -m "$msg"
             }
             copy_over f39 || true