Using git pull within run in github actions main.yml

I am trying to update a local server running some non-production versions of some of my company's sites to update whenever the main repository merges a pull request. However, the action stalls out when the action hits the git pul ... line. The logs do not provide any information, the process seemingly halts. I can run the same commands in the command prompt. Any advice is appreciated.

main.yml

name: CI
    
    on:
       
      push:
        branches: [ master ]
    
       
      workflow_dispatch:
    
     
    jobs:
       
      deployment:
         
        runs-on: self-hosted
    
         
        steps:
           
          - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    
           
          - name: Test
            shell: cmd
            run: actions.cmd

actions.cmd

cd path\to\stuff
git pull remoteName master

Update, ran into some weird caching issues but was able to clean up a little and got some error messages:

nothing to commit, working tree clean
fatal: 'github' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
success
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

github is the name of the remote. Again, I can run these scripts normally, but maybe the workflow needs some additional authentication?

Turns out it was an authentication issue. Unfortunately, debugging when actions are being executed on the runner (even when self-hosted) is very frustrating. If anyone knows a better way please feel free to update me.

Basically the runner did not have the same access rights as the server that was hosting the runner, so I just had to add some authentication steps to the scripts. I thought it would since I already configured the server to successfully run the same commands manually, but this does seem like a good security measure.