diff --git a/git/command.go b/git/command.go
index 8065ffd86..c4614d086 100644
--- a/git/command.go
+++ b/git/command.go
@@ -43,10 +43,21 @@ func (gc *Command) Output() ([]byte, error) {
 	out, err := run.PrepareCmd(gc.Cmd).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		ge := GitError{err: err}
+
+		// In real implementation, this should be an exec.ExitError, as below,
+		// but the tests use a different type because exec.ExitError are difficult
+		// to create. We want to get the exit code and stderr, but stderr
+		// is not a method and so tests can't access it.
+		// THIS MEANS THAT TESTS WILL NOT CORRECTLY HAVE STDERR SET,
+		// but at least tests can get the exit code.
+		var exitErrorWithExitCode errWithExitCode
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErrorWithExitCode) {
+			ge.ExitCode = exitErrorWithExitCode.ExitCode()
+		}
+
 		var exitError *exec.ExitError
 		if errors.As(err, &exitError) {
 			ge.Stderr = string(exitError.Stderr)
-			ge.ExitCode = exitError.ExitCode()
 		}
 		err = &ge
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
index cfe6193c9..51cbfa724 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			customPushDestination: true,
 			cmdStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
-				cs.Register("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref feature@{push}", 0, "")
-				cs.Register("git config remote.pushDefault", 0, "")
-				cs.Register("git config push.default", 0, "")
+				cs.Register("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref feature@{push}", 1, "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git")
+				cs.Register("git config remote.pushDefault", 1, "")
+				cs.Register("git config push.default", 1, "")
 			},
 			expectedOut: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/pull/12\n",
 		},