diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index b783f10..03aa718 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -200,12 +200,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "version=${VERSION}"
 
           echo "--- probe ---"
-          ls -la "docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>&1 || echo "ls FAILED"
-          echo "stat:"; stat "docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>&1 | head -5 || echo "stat FAILED"
-          echo "cat relative:"; cat "docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>&1 | head -2 || echo "cat FAILED"
-          echo "cat absolute:"; cat "$(pwd)/docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>&1 | head -2 || echo "cat-abs FAILED"
-          echo "head:"; head -2 "docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>&1 || echo "head FAILED"
-          echo "readlink:"; readlink -f "docs/releases" 2>&1 || echo "readlink FAILED"
+          echo "worktree (depth 3, no .git):"
+          find . -maxdepth 3 -not -path './.git*' | sort | head -40
+          echo "git ls-files docs:"
+          git ls-files docs
+          echo "git status:"
+          git status --short | head -10
+          echo "ls docs:"
+          ls -la docs 2>&1
           echo "--- end probe ---"
 
           NOTES=$(cat "docs/releases/${VERSION}.md" 2>/dev/null || true)