I have learned that the drone workspace is persistent across steps

.drone.yml

@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@ steps:
   - name: pts
     path: /dev/pts
   commands:
+  - ls
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -y live-build
   - apt-get install -y git
   - lb config
   - rm -r config
   - git clone --recurse-submodules -b testing https://tildegit.org/tildelinux/lb-config config
+  - ls
   - lb build 
   - mv live-image-amd64.img /tl-builds/testing/tildelinux-testing.img
 - name: build_img_nopersist
@@ -91,13 +93,12 @@ steps:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -y live-build
   - apt-get install -y git
-  - lb config
-  - rm -r config
-  - git clone --recurse-submodules -b testing https://tildegit.org/tildelinux/lb-config config
+  - lb clean
   - cd config
   - git apply patches/0001-remove-peristence.patch
   - cd ..
   - lb build 
+  - ls
   - mv live-image-amd64.img /tl-builds/testing/tildelinux-testing-nopersistence.img
 - name: sha512sum
   image: debian:buster