diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b60ed0cd9a..1f13f44f15f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ lint-go:
 lint-git: fetch-git
 	@COMMIT_SHA=`git rev-parse $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE)/$(RELEASE_BRANCH)` && \
 	echo "Running gitlint for commits from $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE)/$(RELEASE_BRANCH) ($${COMMIT_SHA:0:7})..."; \
-	gitlint --commits $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE)/$(RELEASE_BRANCH)...HEAD
+	gitlint --debug --commits $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE)/$(RELEASE_BRANCH)...HEAD
 
 lint-md:
 	@npx markdownlint-cli '**/*.md' --ignore .changelog/
@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ clean: $(clean-targets)
 # Fetch all the latest changes (including tags) from the canonical upstream git
 # repository.
 fetch-git:
+	git branch -a
 	@$(ECHO_STDERR) "Fetching the latest changes (including tags) from $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE) remote..."
 	@git fetch $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE) --tags
+	git branch -a
+	git fetch $(OASIS_CORE_GIT_ORIGIN_REMOTE) $(RELEASE_BRANCH)
+	git branch -a
 
 # Assemble Change log.
 changelog: fetch-git