diff --git a/cmd/forge/cmd_sync.go b/cmd/forge/cmd_sync.go
index 9f73414..578dd7e 100644
--- a/cmd/forge/cmd_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/forge/cmd_sync.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func syncPushUpstream(localPath, defaultBranch string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", localPath, "push", "--force", "forge", refspec)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func syncGitFetch(localPath, remote string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", localPath, "fetch", remote)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/gitea/cmd_sync.go b/cmd/gitea/cmd_sync.go
index 8149b8a..f6a7c02 100644
--- a/cmd/gitea/cmd_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/gitea/cmd_sync.go
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func pushUpstream(localPath, defaultBranch string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", localPath, "push", "--force", "gitea", refspec)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func gitFetch(localPath, remote string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", localPath, "fetch", remote)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }