diff --git a/entrypoint.php b/entrypoint.php
index 61cbac3..74f844d 100755
--- a/entrypoint.php
+++ b/entrypoint.php
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 // info
 $clonedRepository='https://' . $hostRepositoryOrganizationName;
 note(sprintf('Cloning "%s" repository to "%s" directory', $clonedRepository, $cloneDirectory));
-exec('git clone -- https://' . $publicAccessTokens . '@' . $hostRepositoryOrganizationName . ' ' . $cloneDirectory);
+
+$commandLine = 'git clone -- https://' . $publicAccessTokens . '@' . $hostRepositoryOrganizationName . ' ' . $cloneDirectory;
+exec_with_note($commandLine);
 
 
 note('Cleaning destination repository of old files');
@@ -86,8 +88,7 @@
 
 
 // avoids doing the git commit failing if there are no changes to be commit, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/8123841/1348344
-exec('git status', $outputLines);
-print_output_lines($outputLines);
+exec_with_output_print('git status');
 
 exec('git diff-index --quiet HEAD', $outputLines, $hasChangedFiles);
 
@@ -97,8 +98,7 @@
 
 if ($hasChangedFiles === 1) {
     note('Adding git commit');
-    exec('git add .', $outputLines);
-    print_output_lines($outputLines);
+    exec_with_output_print('git add .');
 
     $message = sprintf('Pushing git commit with "%s" message to "%s"', $commitMessage, $branch);
     note($message);
@@ -115,18 +115,10 @@
     $message = sprintf('Publishing "%s"', $tag);
     note($message);
 
-    // [debug] - show existing tags
-    exec('git tag', $outputLines);
-    note('Present tags:');
-    print_output_lines($outputLines);
-
     $commandLine = sprintf('git tag %s -m "%s"', $tag, $message);
-    note('Running: ' . $commandLine);
-    exec($commandLine);
+    exec_with_note($commandLine);
 
-    $commandLine = 'git push --quiet origin ' . $tag;
-    note('Running: ' . $commandLine);
-    exec($commandLine);
+    exec_with_note('git push --quiet origin ' . $tag);
 }
 
 
@@ -167,15 +159,21 @@ function resolve_public_access_token(): string
 
 
 function list_directory_files(string $directory) {
-    exec('ls -la ' . $directory, $outputLines);
-    print_output_lines($outputLines);
+    exec_with_output_print('ls -la ' . $directory);
 }
 
-/**
- * @param string[] $outputLines
- */
-function print_output_lines(array $outputLines): void
+
+/********************* helper functions *********************/
+
+function exec_with_note(string $commandLine): void
 {
-    echo implode(PHP_EOL, $outputLines);
+    note('Running: ' . $commandLine);
+    exec($commandLine);
 }
 
+
+function exec_with_output_print(string $commandLine): void
+{
+    exec($commandLine, $outputLines);
+    echo implode(PHP_EOL, $outputLines);
+}