diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
index 765f21b..d79d6a7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ jobs:
           set -eo pipefail
           mapfile -t repos < "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"
 
+          # real user (must exist in Gitea)
+          author_name="Arlind"
+          author_email="arlind@sulej.ch"
+
           for repo_full in "${repos[@]}"; do
             owner="${repo_full%%/*}"
             repo="${repo_full##*/}"
@@ -143,8 +147,8 @@ jobs:
 
             default_branch=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" "$api" | jq -r '.default_branch')
 
-            # process .gitattributes first, then CI template
             for file in ".gitattributes" "$TEMPLATE_PATH"; do
+
               if [[ "$file" == ".gitattributes" ]]; then
                 content="${{ needs.fetch-template.outputs.gitattributes_b64 }}"
                 msg="Update .gitattributes from skins-template"
@@ -156,10 +160,6 @@ jobs:
               url="$api/contents/$file"
               sha=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" "$url" | jq -r '.sha // empty' || true)
 
-              # author + committer used to avoid Gitea default 2001 date
-              author_name="GitHub Actions"
-              author_email="actions@github"
-
               if [[ -z "$sha" ]]; then
                 action="Add"
                 payload=$(jq -nc \
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ jobs:
                   }')
               fi
 
-              if curl -sSL --fail -X PUT -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              if curl -sSL --fail -X PUT \
+                -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" \
+                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -d "$payload" "$url" >/dev/null; then
                 echo "✅ $action successful for $file in $owner/$repo"
               else
@@ -204,4 +206,4 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: Cleanup
-        run: rm -f "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: rm -f "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"