diff --git a/.github/workflows/schemacode_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/schemacode_ci.yml
index fb03562b24..2db959e3b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schemacode_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schemacode_ci.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Apply patches for BIDS-2.0"
         run: tools/bids-2.0/apply_all
 
+      - name: "Show differences after patching"
+        run: |
+          git add .
+          git diff --cached
+
       - name: "Set up Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
index de5d245ee3..d7f3fbe476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
@@ -38,17 +38,27 @@ jobs:
         set -o pipefail
         tools/bids-2.0/apply_all 2>&1 | tee /tmp/patch.log
 
-    - name: "Push patched version online for possible introspection"
-      # if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/heads/bids-2.0')
+    - name: "Show differences after patching"
+      run: |
+        git add .
+        git diff --cached
+
+    - name: "Commit and push patched version online for possible introspection"
+      # Run only on a non-merge commit for the PR
+      if: >
+        github.repository == 'bids-standard/bids-specification' &&
+        github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'bids-2.0' &&
+        github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha != github.sha
       run: |
         set -x
         commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-        branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)-patched
+        branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}-patched
+        git config --global user.email "github-ci@example.com"
+        git config --global user.name "BIDS 2.0 GitHub CI"
         git checkout -b "$branch"
-        git add .
         {
-          echo -e "Applied patches for BIDS-2.0 to $commit\n";
-          cat /tmp/patch.log";
+          echo -e "Applied patches for ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF} to ${commit}\n";
+          cat /tmp/patch.log;
         } | git commit -F -
         git push -f origin "$branch"