diff --git a/lib/sync.sh b/lib/sync.sh
index dbf2238..596ae65 100644
--- a/lib/sync.sh
+++ b/lib/sync.sh
@@ -308,11 +308,12 @@ reverse_sync() {
     # regular commits as-is, squash only the problematic merge commits.
     # See ADR-011.
     log "WARN" "Direct push failed — linearizing history (cherry-pick + squash merges)"
+    log "INFO" "─── linearize start ───"
 
     local original_head
     original_head=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
-    git checkout -b "tmp-linearize-$$" "mono-filtered/${mono_branch}" 2>/dev/null \
+    git checkout -b "tmp-linearize-$$" "mono-filtered/${mono_branch}" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
       || die "Failed to create linearize branch"
 
     # Reuse merge-base from step 4 (same reasoning: mono-filtered may have
@@ -330,23 +331,27 @@ reverse_sync() {
     for sha in $commit_shas; do
       local parent_count
       parent_count=$(git cat-file -p "$sha" | grep -c "^parent ")
+      local short_msg
+      short_msg=$(git log -1 --format="%s" "$sha")
 
       if [ "$parent_count" -le 1 ]; then
         # Regular commit — cherry-pick to preserve message and authorship
-        if ! git cherry-pick "$sha" 2>/dev/null; then
-          log "WARN" "Cherry-pick conflict on ${sha:0:7} — applying tree directly"
+        if git cherry-pick "$sha" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          log "INFO" "  cherry-pick ${sha:0:7}: ${short_msg}"
+        else
+          log "WARN" "  conflict ${sha:0:7} — applying tree directly"
           git cherry-pick --abort 2>/dev/null
-          # Fall back to applying the exact tree diff for this commit
           local msg author_name author_email author_date
           msg=$(git log -1 --format="%B" "$sha")
           author_name=$(git log -1 --format="%an" "$sha")
           author_email=$(git log -1 --format="%ae" "$sha")
           author_date=$(git log -1 --format="%aI" "$sha")
-          git diff HEAD "$sha" | git apply --index 2>/dev/null \
+          git diff HEAD "$sha" | git apply --index >/dev/null 2>&1 \
             || die "Failed to apply diff for ${sha:0:7}"
           GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$author_name" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$author_email" \
             GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$author_date" \
-            git commit -m "$msg" || die "Failed to commit ${sha:0:7}"
+            git commit -m "$msg" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Failed to commit ${sha:0:7}"
+          log "INFO" "  applied   ${sha:0:7}: ${short_msg}"
         fi
       else
         # Merge commit — cherry-pick relative to first parent (squashes the merge)
@@ -356,18 +361,22 @@ reverse_sync() {
         author_email=$(git log -1 --format="%ae" "$sha")
         author_date=$(git log -1 --format="%aI" "$sha")
 
-        if ! git cherry-pick -m 1 "$sha" 2>/dev/null; then
+        if git cherry-pick -m 1 "$sha" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          : # success
+        else
           git cherry-pick --abort 2>/dev/null
-          git diff HEAD "$sha" | git apply --index 2>/dev/null \
+          git diff HEAD "$sha" | git apply --index >/dev/null 2>&1 \
             || die "Failed to apply merge diff for ${sha:0:7}"
           GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$author_name" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$author_email" \
             GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$author_date" \
-            git commit -m "$msg" || die "Failed to commit merge ${sha:0:7}"
+            git commit -m "$msg" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Failed to commit merge ${sha:0:7}"
         fi
-        log "INFO" "Squashed merge commit ${sha:0:7}: $(echo "$msg" | head -1)"
+        log "INFO" "  squash    ${sha:0:7}: ${short_msg}"
       fi
     done
 
+    log "INFO" "─── linearize done ────"
+
     push_ref="HEAD"
     linearized=true