From c67699a1545cfde182a408e761c8b635d8cc1fcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 06:55:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #1233

---
 aider/main.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 335ffcddb..7a950d9f6 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -53,9 +53,15 @@ def guessed_wrong_repo(io, git_root, fnames, git_dname):
 
 
 def make_new_repo(git_root, io):
-    repo = git.Repo.init(git_root)
+    try:
+        repo = git.Repo.init(git_root)
+        check_gitignore(git_root, io, False)
+    except git.exc.GitCommandError as err:  # issue #1233
+        io.tool_error(f"Unable to create git repo in {git_root}")
+        io.tool_error(str(err))
+        return
+
     io.tool_output(f"Git repository created in {git_root}")
-    check_gitignore(git_root, io, False)
     return repo