diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/src/git.rs b/crates/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
index d01d20b0..ca8ffdbe 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
@@ -132,11 +132,23 @@ pub fn repository() -> Result<Repository, anyhow::Error> {
 }
 
 /// Execute a git command by spawning a child process.
+/// Returns [`Result::Ok`] if the command *exited successfully*.
 pub fn git<S: AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>>(
     repo: &std::path::Path,
     args: impl IntoIterator<Item = S>,
-) -> Result<String, io::Error> {
-    radicle::git::run::<_, _, &str, &str>(repo, args, [])
+) -> anyhow::Result<std::process::Output> {
+    let output = radicle::git::run::<_, _, &str, &str>(repo, args, [])?;
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        anyhow::bail!(
+            "`git` exited with status {}, stderr and stdout follow:\n{}\n{}\n",
+            output.status,
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+        )
+    }
+
+    Ok(output)
 }
 
 /// Configure SSH signing in the given git repo, for the given peer.
diff --git a/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs b/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
index c280bb20..c7432fde 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod error;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{assert_eq, io};
 
@@ -124,6 +125,15 @@ pub enum Error {
     UnknownObjectType { oid: git::Oid },
     #[error(transparent)]
     FindObjects(#[from] git::canonical::error::FindObjectsError),
+
+    /// Errors for "internal" pushes, i.e., pushes that this process
+    /// initiates between the working copy and storage.
+    #[error("internal push failed with exit status {status}, stderr and stdout follow:\n{stderr}\n{stdout}")]
+    InternalPushFailed {
+        status: ExitStatus,
+        stderr: String,
+        stdout: String,
+    },
 }
 
 /// Push command.
@@ -888,13 +898,15 @@ fn push_ref(
 
     args.extend([url.to_string(), refspec.to_string()]);
 
-    radicle::git::run::<_, _, &str, &str>(repo, args, [])
-    .map_err(|err| {
-        Error::Io(std::io::Error::other(format!(
-            "failed to run `git push {url} {refspec}` in {:?}: {err}",
-            working.path()
-        )))
-    })?;
+    let output = radicle::git::run::<_, _, &str, &str>(repo, args, [])?;
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return Err(Error::InternalPushFailed {
+            stderr: String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).to_string(),
+            stdout: String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string(),
+            status: output.status,
+        });
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/git.rs b/crates/radicle/src/git.rs
index 17c0c1a8..5b7ba0d9 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/git.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/git.rs
@@ -761,29 +761,18 @@ pub fn run<P, S, K, V>(
     repo: P,
     args: impl IntoIterator<Item = S>,
     envs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (K, V)>,
-) -> Result<String, io::Error>
+) -> io::Result<std::process::Output>
 where
     P: AsRef<Path>,
     S: AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>,
     K: AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>,
     V: AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>,
 {
-    let output = Command::new("git")
+    Command::new("git")
         .current_dir(repo)
         .envs(envs)
         .args(args)
-        .output()?;
-
-    if output.status.success() {
-        let out = if output.stdout.is_empty() {
-            &output.stderr
-        } else {
-            &output.stdout
-        };
-        return Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(out).into());
-    }
-
-    Err(io::Error::other(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)))
+        .output()
 }
 
 /// Functions that call to the `git` CLI instead of `git2`.
@@ -804,7 +793,7 @@ pub mod process {
         storage: &R,
         oids: impl IntoIterator<Item = Oid>,
         verbosity: Verbosity,
-    ) -> Result<(), io::Error>
+    ) -> io::Result<std::process::Output>
     where
         R: ReadRepository,
     {
@@ -817,8 +806,7 @@ pub mod process {
         fetch.push(url::File::new(storage.path()).to_string());
         fetch.extend(oids.into_iter().map(|oid| oid.to_string()));
         // N.b. `.` is used since we're fetching within the working copy
-        run::<_, _, &str, &str>(working, fetch, [])?;
-        Ok(())
+        run::<_, _, &str, &str>(working, fetch, [])
     }
 }