diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index cedbb70aa..0889e0d1a 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ class Coder:
             self.reflected_message = str(err)
             return edited
 
-        except git.exc.GitCommandError as err:
+        except git.exc.ODBError as err:
             self.io.tool_error(str(err))
             return edited
         except Exception as err:
diff --git a/aider/coders/search_replace.py b/aider/coders/search_replace.py
index 0b83765ec..1fdcff343 100755
--- a/aider/coders/search_replace.py
+++ b/aider/coders/search_replace.py
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def git_cherry_pick_osr_onto_o(texts):
         # cherry pick R onto original
         try:
             repo.git.cherry_pick(replace_hash, "--minimal")
-        except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+        except git.exc.ODBError:
             # merge conflicts!
             return
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def git_cherry_pick_sr_onto_so(texts):
         # cherry pick replace onto original
         try:
             repo.git.cherry_pick(replace_hash, "--minimal")
-        except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+        except git.exc.ODBError:
             # merge conflicts!
             return
 
diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 30a7b5323..244114623 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class Commands:
         try:
             remote_head = self.coder.repo.repo.git.rev_parse(f"origin/{current_branch}")
             has_origin = True
-        except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+        except git.exc.ODBError:
             has_origin = False
 
         if has_origin:
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 63d25937d..16d458e24 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def make_new_repo(git_root, io):
         repo = git.Repo.init(git_root)
         check_gitignore(git_root, io, False)
     except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitCommandNotFound) as err:  # issue #1233
+        # git.exc.GitCommandNotFound is not a subclass of git.exc.ODBError
         io.tool_error(f"Unable to create git repo in {git_root}")
         io.tool_error(str(err))
         return
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ def check_gitignore(git_root, io, ask=True):
         repo = git.Repo(git_root)
         if repo.ignored(".aider"):
             return
-    except git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
+    except (git.exc.ODBError, git.exc.GitCommandNotFound):
+        # git.exc.GitCommandNotFound is not a subclass of git.exc.ODBError
         pass
 
     pat = ".aider*"
diff --git a/aider/repo.py b/aider/repo.py
index eb21b4c74..69aafa4a8 100644
--- a/aider/repo.py
+++ b/aider/repo.py
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ 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.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
-                pass
-            except git.exc.NoSuchPathError:
+            except git.exc.ODBError:
                 pass
 
         num_repos = len(set(repo_paths))
@@ -207,7 +205,7 @@ class GitRepo:
             try:
                 commits = self.repo.iter_commits(active_branch)
                 current_branch_has_commits = any(commits)
-            except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+            except git.exc.ODBError:
                 pass
         except TypeError:
             pass