diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index a75aba2..9e847a3 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ _main() {
 
     if _git_is_dirty || "$INPUT_SKIP_DIRTY_CHECK"; then
 
-        # Check if $GITHUB_OUTPUT is available
-        # (Feature detection will be removed in late December 2022)
-        if [ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=changes_detected::true";
-        else
-            echo "changes_detected=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-        fi
+        _set_github_output "changes_detected" "true"
 
         _switch_to_branch
 
@@ -49,26 +43,12 @@ _main() {
 
             _push_to_github
         else
-
-            # Check if $GITHUB_OUTPUT is available
-            # (Feature detection will be removed in late December 2022)
-            if [ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]; then
-                echo "::set-output name=changes_detected::false";
-            else
-                echo "changes_detected=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-            fi
+            _set_github_output "changes_detected" "false"
 
             echo "Working tree clean. Nothing to commit.";
         fi
     else
-
-        # Check if $GITHUB_OUTPUT is available
-        # (Feature detection will be removed in late December 2022)
-        if [ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=changes_detected::false";
-        else
-            echo "changes_detected=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-        fi
+        _set_github_output "changes_detected" "false"
 
         echo "Working tree clean. Nothing to commit.";
     fi
@@ -153,14 +133,7 @@ _local_commit() {
         --author="$INPUT_COMMIT_AUTHOR" \
         ${INPUT_COMMIT_OPTIONS:+"${INPUT_COMMIT_OPTIONS_ARRAY[@]}"};
 
-
-    # Check if $GITHUB_OUTPUT is available
-    # (Feature detection will be removed in late December 2022)
-    if [ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]; then
-        echo "::set-output name=commit_hash::$(git rev-parse HEAD)";
-    else
-        echo "commit_hash=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-    fi
+    _set_github_output "commit_hash" $(git rev-parse HEAD)
 }
 
 _tag_commit() {