diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index df78a2e3a..61c566780 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -15,16 +15,8 @@ import (
 	gogit "gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
 )
 
-// ErrGitRepositoryInvalid is emitted when we run a git command in a folder
-// to check if we have a valid git repository and we get an error instead
-var ErrGitRepositoryInvalid = errors.New("can't find a valid git repository in current directory")
-
-func verifyInGitRepo(runCmdWithOutput func(string) (string, error)) error {
-	if _, err := runCmdWithOutput("git status"); err != nil {
-		return ErrGitRepositoryInvalid
-	}
-
-	return nil
+func verifyInGitRepo(runCmd func(string) error) error {
+	return runCmd("git status")
 }
 
 func navigateToRepoRootDirectory(stat func(string) (os.FileInfo, error), chdir func(string) error) error {
@@ -81,7 +73,7 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer)
 
 	fs := []func() error{
 		func() error {
-			return verifyInGitRepo(osCommand.RunCommandWithOutput)
+			return verifyInGitRepo(osCommand.RunCommand)
 		},
 		func() error {
 			return navigateToRepoRootDirectory(os.Stat, os.Chdir)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 64d3828ea..777eebaec 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -64,32 +64,32 @@ func newDummyGitCommand() *GitCommand {
 
 func TestVerifyInGitRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
-		runCmdWithOutput func(string) (string, error)
-		test             func(error)
+		runCmd func(string) error
+		test   func(error)
 	}
 
 	scenarios := []scenario{
 		{
-			func(string) (string, error) {
-				return "", nil
+			func(string) error {
+				return nil
 			},
 			func(err error) {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			func(string) (string, error) {
-				return "", ErrGitRepositoryInvalid
+			func(string) error {
+				return fmt.Errorf("fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git")
 			},
 			func(err error) {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, ErrGitRepositoryInvalid, err)
+				assert.Regexp(t, "fatal: .ot a git repository \\(or any of the parent directories\\): \\.git", err.Error())
 			},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		s.test(verifyInGitRepo(s.runCmdWithOutput))
+		s.test(verifyInGitRepo(s.runCmd))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func TestNewGitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			func(gitCmd *GitCommand, err error) {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, ErrGitRepositoryInvalid, err)
+				assert.Regexp(t, "fatal: .ot a git repository \\(or any of the parent directories\\): \\.git", err.Error())
 			},
 		},
 		{