diff --git a/lib/publish-gh-pages.js b/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
index 2eb8748ab8..44131b1384 100755
--- a/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
+++ b/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ if (shell.exec(`node ${path.join(__dirname, 'build-files.js')}`).code) {
   shell.exit(1);
 }
 
+// Save the commit hash that triggers publish-gh-pages before checking out to deployment branch
+const currentCommit = shell.exec('git rev-parse HEAD').stdout.trim();
+
 shell.cd(process.cwd());
 shell.cd('build');
 
@@ -154,9 +157,6 @@ fs.copy(
     }
 
     shell.cd(path.join('build', `${PROJECT_NAME}-${DEPLOYMENT_BRANCH}`));
-
-    const currentCommit = shell.exec('git rev-parse HEAD').stdout.trim();
-
     shell.exec('git add --all');
 
     const commitResults = shell.exec(