diff --git a/lib/GitRepo.php b/lib/GitRepo.php
index a4623b0..2fba933 100644
--- a/lib/GitRepo.php
+++ b/lib/GitRepo.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class GitRepo {
 		}
 
 		$status = trim(proc_close($resource));
-		if ($status) throw new \Exception($stderr);
+		if ($status && $stderr) throw new \Exception($stderr);
 
 		return $stdout;
 	}