diff --git a/.woodpecker/.lint_general.yml b/.woodpecker/.lint_general.yml
index d27e880..d76db3f 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.lint_general.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.lint_general.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ steps:
     image: node:lts-slim
     commands:
       - npm install --save-dev conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits @commitlint/config-conventional commitlint@latest
-      - npx commitlint --from HEAD~1 --to HEAD --verbose
+      - "echo message: $CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+      - "echo $CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE | npx commitlint"
     when:
       - branch: [main, dev]
         event: push
diff --git a/.woodpecker/.version-update.yml b/.woodpecker/.version-update.yml
index 04b4d38..cc5f113 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.version-update.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.version-update.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ steps:
       - git remote set-url origin "https://$CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR:$GIT_PAT@$(echo $CI_REPO_CLONE_URL | cut -b9-)"
       - "git config --global user.name $CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR"
       - "git config --global user.email $CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
-      - "git commit -am \"chore: auto update version [skip ci]\""
+      - "if ! git diff --exit-code; then git commit -am \"chore: auto update version [skip ci]\" ; else echo nothing to do ; fi"
+      # - "git commit -am \"chore: auto update version [skip ci]\""
       - "git push origin HEAD:dev"
     secrets: [git_pat]
 depends_on:
diff --git a/version-auto-update.sh b/version-auto-update.sh
index 0243cc6..197fd5c 100755
--- a/version-auto-update.sh
+++ b/version-auto-update.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 read -r msg
 
+echo "read the following commit message: $msg"
+
 if [[ $msg = *"BREAKING CHANGE:"* ]]; then
+  echo "detected breaking change, updating major version"
   ./update-version.sh MAJOR
 fi
 
@@ -10,10 +13,12 @@ summary=$(echo "$msg" | head -1)
 type=$(cut -d':' -f1 <<< "$summary")
 
 if [[ $type = *"!"* ]]; then
+  echo "detected breaking change, updating major version"
   ./version-update.sh MAJOR
 fi
 
 if [[ $type = "feat" ]]; then
+  echo "detected feature, updating minor version"
   ./version-update.sh MINOR
 else
   echo "last commit message does not indicate a base version update, skipping"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d3827e7..3b04cfb 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0
+0.2