diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index fffd367c..a2de3b12 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -59,14 +59,20 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
   options.repositoryUrl = await getGitAuthUrl(context);
 
   try {
-    await verifyAuth(options.repositoryUrl, options.branch, {cwd, env});
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (!(await isBranchUpToDate(options.branch, {cwd, env}))) {
-      logger.log(
-        `The local branch ${options.branch} is behind the remote one, therefore a new version won't be published.`
-      );
-      return false;
+    try {
+      await verifyAuth(options.repositoryUrl, options.branch, {cwd, env});
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('call isBranchUpToDate');
+      if (!(await isBranchUpToDate(options.branch, {cwd, env}))) {
+        logger.log(
+          `The local branch ${options.branch} is behind the remote one, therefore a new version won't be published.`
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+      console.error('call throw error');
+      throw error;
     }
+  } catch (error) {
     logger.error(`The command "${error.cmd}" failed with the error message ${error.stderr}.`);
     throw getError('EGITNOPERMISSION', {options});
   }
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index b03d8f49..9ecd9dc2 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -177,11 +177,9 @@ async function verifyTagName(tagName, execaOpts) {
  * @return {Boolean} `true` is the HEAD of the current local branch is the same as the HEAD of the remote branch, falsy otherwise.
  */
 async function isBranchUpToDate(branch, execaOpts) {
+  const remoteHead = await execa.stdout('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], execaOpts);
   try {
-    return await isRefInHistory(
-      (await execa.stdout('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], execaOpts)).match(/^(\w+)?/)[1],
-      execaOpts
-    );
+    return await isRefInHistory(remoteHead.match(/^(\w+)?/)[1], execaOpts);
   } catch (error) {
     debug(error);
   }