From ae76eab797a0fd3044a9f9e580f1e8611fd184f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: h <h@kotikot.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:11:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(client): show git's own error instead of exit status

---
 backend/internal/gitrepo/gitrepo.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/internal/gitrepo/gitrepo.go b/backend/internal/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
index 7674b62..aa8a79e 100644
--- a/backend/internal/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
+++ b/backend/internal/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ type Repo struct {
 
 func run(dir string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	out, err := exec.Command("git", append([]string{"-C", dir}, args...)...).Output()
+	var failed *exec.ExitError
+	if errors.As(err, &failed) && len(failed.Stderr) > 0 {
+		err = errors.New(strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(string(failed.Stderr)), "fatal: "))
+	}
 	return strings.TrimRight(string(out), "\n"), err
 }