diff --git a/.github/actions/restore-node/action.yml b/.github/actions/restore-node/action.yml
index c2143659c95..bf48fc1a5fd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/restore-node/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/restore-node/action.yml
@@ -181,18 +181,12 @@ runs:
         mkdir -p node_modules/.cache/agoric
         date > node_modules/.cache/agoric/yarn-built
 
-    - name: git dirty check
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
-      shell: bash
-      run: |-
-        set -x
-        # Fail if `git status` reports anything other than the following:
-        # * an untracked endo-sha.txt from above
-        # * work tree files that have been staged without further changes
-        #   (e.g., package.json or yarn.lock) as indicated by the Y position
-        #   in "XY PATH" being a space
-        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain | grep -vE '^[?][?] endo-sha.txt$|^. '; true)" ]; then
-          git status
-          echo "Unexpected dirty git status" 1>&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
+    - name: Validate Git Tree Cleanliness
+      uses: pyTooling/Actions/with-post-step@v0.4.5
+      with:
+        main: |
+          bash "$SRC/.github/actions/restore-node/check-git-status.sh" "$SRC"
+        post: |
+          bash "$SRC/.github/actions/restore-node/check-git-status.sh" "$SRC"
+      env:
+        SRC: ${{ inputs.path }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/restore-node/check-git-status.sh b/.github/actions/restore-node/check-git-status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e95d150ec32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/restore-node/check-git-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Set verbose execution
+set -x
+# Navigate to the specified directory
+cd "$1" || exit $?
+# Check for unexpected changes
+# Fail if git status detects changes
+changes=$(git status --porcelain)
+if [ -n "$changes" ]; then
+  git status
+  echo "Unexpected dirty git status in Agoric SDK path"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 924317ab198..4868d9a80f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@ api-docs
 
 chaintest
 _testoutput.txt
+
+
+junit.xml
+endo-sha.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/a3p-integration/.gitignore b/a3p-integration/.gitignore
index 2027ea67059..ddfb8bb6826 100644
--- a/a3p-integration/.gitignore
+++ b/a3p-integration/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ upgrade-test-scripts
 # same for each proposal, an independent project
 proposals/*/.pnp.*
 proposals/*/.yarn/*
+proposals/a:upgrade-next/*
 !proposals/*/.yarn/patches
 !proposals/*/.yarn/plugins
 !proposals/*/.yarn/releases
diff --git a/packages/cosmic-swingset/.gitignore b/packages/cosmic-swingset/.gitignore
index fd4c7ab84c2..c54a14d5162 100644
--- a/packages/cosmic-swingset/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/cosmic-swingset/.gitignore
@@ -87,3 +87,6 @@ typings/
 
 # next.js build output
 .next
+
+# rosetta-cli executable 
+bin/rosetta-cli
\ No newline at end of file