diff --git a/openstack_releases/tests/fixtures.py b/openstack_releases/tests/fixtures.py
index 2d142c9569..b275753d70 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import fixtures
 
 from openstack_releases import processutils
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class GPGKeyFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
     """Creates a GPG key for testing.
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ class GPGKeyFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
                 gnupg_version = (0, 0, 0)
 
         config_file = tempdir.path + '/key-config'
+        LOG.debug('creating gpg config file in %s', config_file)
         with open(config_file, 'wt') as f:
             if gnupg_version[0] == 2 and gnupg_version[1] >= 1:
                 f.write(textwrap.dedent("""
@@ -83,13 +86,12 @@ class GPGKeyFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
             cmd.append(gnupg_random)
         cmd.append('key-config')
 
+        LOG.debug('generating gpg key')
         processutils.check_call(cmd, cwd=tempdir.path)
 
 
 class GitRepoFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
 
-    logger = logging.getLogger('git')
-
     def __init__(self, workdir, name):
         self.workdir = workdir
         self.name = name
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ class GitRepoFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
         super().setUp()
         self.useFixture(GPGKeyFixture())
         os.makedirs(self.path)
+        LOG.debug('initializing repo in %s', self.path)
         self.git('init', '.')
         self.git('config', '--local', 'user.email', 'example@example.com')
         self.git('config', '--local', 'user.name', 'super developer')
@@ -107,24 +110,26 @@ class GitRepoFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
                  'example@example.com')
 
     def git(self, *args):
-        self.logger.debug('$ git %s', ' '.join(args))
         output = processutils.check_output(
             ['git'] + list(args),
             cwd=self.path,
         )
-        self.logger.debug(output)
         return output
 
     def commit(self, message='commit message'):
+        LOG.debug('committing %r', message)
         self.git('add', '.')
         self.git('commit', '-m', message)
         sha = self.git('log', '-n', '1', '--pretty=format:%H')
+        LOG.debug('SHA: %r', sha)
         return sha.decode('utf-8').strip()
 
     def add_file(self, name):
+        LOG.debug('adding file %r', name)
         with open(os.path.join(self.path, name), 'w') as f:
             f.write('adding %s\n' % name)
         return self.commit('add %s' % name)
 
     def tag(self, version):
+        LOG.debug('tagging %r', version)
         self.git('tag', '-s', '-m', version, version)