diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
index 27c1dd168f0d..9dc20b3cdb1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
@@ -60,12 +60,15 @@ jobs:
           # Reset our branch to our expected target
           git push origin $BRANCH --force
           cd ..
-          # Get the last merged PR
+          # Get the last sync PR's last commit state
           LAST_MERGED_PR_HASH=`gh pr list --repo=noir-lang/noir --state merged --head aztec-packages  --json headRefOid --jq=.[0].headRefOid`
+          # Use a commit heuristic where we look at when .gitrepo first started to look at that commit state (through a push)
           COMMIT_HEURISTIC=$(git log -p -S"$LAST_MERGED_PR_HASH" --reverse --source --  noir/.gitrepo | grep -m 1 '^commit'  | awk '{print $2}' || true)
           if [[ " $COMMIT_HEURISTIC" = "" ]] ; then
+            # It it fails, just use our gitrepo parent commit (last time we pushed or pulled)
             COMMIT_HEURISTIC=$BASE_AZTEC_COMMIT
           fi
+          # Create a filtered git log for release-please changelog / metadata
           MESSAGE=$(git log --pretty=format:"%s" $COMMIT_HEURISTIC..HEAD -- noir/  ':!noir/.gitrepo' | grep -v 'git subrepo' || true)
           # Fix Aztec PR links
           MESSAGE=$(echo "$MESSAGE" | sed -E 's/\(#([0-9]+)\)/(https:\/\/github.com\/AztecProtocol\/aztec-packages\/pull\/\1)/g')