diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 9ec8bf547..286e759ed 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from aider.io import ConfirmGroup, InputOutput
 from aider.linter import Linter
 from aider.llm import litellm
 from aider.mdstream import MarkdownStream
-from aider.repo import GitRepo
+from aider.repo import GitRepo, ANY_GIT_ERROR
 from aider.repomap import RepoMap
 from aider.run_cmd import run_cmd
 from aider.sendchat import retry_exceptions, send_completion
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ class Coder:
             self.reflected_message = str(err)
             return edited
 
-        except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError) as err:
+        except ANY_GIT_ERROR as err:
             self.io.tool_error(str(err))
             return edited
         except Exception as err:
diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index c5c7a3abd..763884a5e 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from aider import models, prompts, voice
 from aider.format_settings import format_settings
 from aider.help import Help, install_help_extra
 from aider.llm import litellm
+from aider.repo import ANY_GIT_ERROR
 from aider.run_cmd import run_cmd
 from aider.scrape import Scraper, install_playwright
 from aider.utils import is_image_file
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ class Commands:
         try:
             remote_head = self.coder.repo.repo.git.rev_parse(f"origin/{current_branch}")
             has_origin = True
-        except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError):
+        except ANY_GIT_ERROR:
             has_origin = False
 
         if has_origin:
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 0bd2c9e8d..c4a6c2bea 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from aider.format_settings import format_settings, scrub_sensitive_info
 from aider.history import ChatSummary
 from aider.io import InputOutput
 from aider.llm import litellm  # noqa: F401; properly init litellm on launch
-from aider.repo import GitRepo, UnableToCountRepoFiles
+from aider.repo import ANY_GIT_ERROR, GitRepo, UnableToCountRepoFiles
 from aider.report import report_uncaught_exceptions
 from aider.versioncheck import check_version, install_from_main_branch, install_upgrade
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def make_new_repo(git_root, io):
     try:
         repo = git.Repo.init(git_root)
         check_gitignore(git_root, io, False)
-    except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError) as err:  # issue #1233
+    except ANY_GIT_ERROR as err:  # issue #1233
         io.tool_error(f"Unable to create git repo in {git_root}")
         io.tool_error(str(err))
         return
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def check_gitignore(git_root, io, ask=True):
         repo = git.Repo(git_root)
         if repo.ignored(".aider"):
             return
-    except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError):
+    except ANY_GIT_ERROR:
         pass
 
     pat = ".aider*"
diff --git a/aider/repo.py b/aider/repo.py
index 6a4effb9c..c31df1a0e 100644
--- a/aider/repo.py
+++ b/aider/repo.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class UnableToCountRepoFiles(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+ANY_GIT_ERROR = (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError)
+
+
 class GitRepo:
     repo = None
     aider_ignore_file = None
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ class GitRepo:
                 repo_path = git.Repo(fname, search_parent_directories=True).working_dir
                 repo_path = utils.safe_abs_path(repo_path)
                 repo_paths.append(repo_path)
-            except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError):
+            except ANY_GIT_ERROR:
                 pass
 
         num_repos = len(set(repo_paths))
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ class GitRepo:
             try:
                 commits = self.repo.iter_commits(active_branch)
                 current_branch_has_commits = any(commits)
-            except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError):
+            except ANY_GIT_ERROR:
                 pass
         except TypeError:
             pass
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ class GitRepo:
     def get_head_commit(self):
         try:
             return self.repo.head.commit
-        except (ValueError, git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitError):
+        except (ValueError,) + ANY_GIT_ERROR:
             return None
 
     def get_head_commit_sha(self, short=False):