From ae9cc3db58f80ed2703ad6fd06ffa84405c745ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:45:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid clearing the error output during removeDirectory
 execution, losing git error output, fixes #8351

---
 src/Composer/Util/Git.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Git.php b/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
index 20457d708..574856dc7 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
@@ -215,10 +215,12 @@ class Git
                 }
             }
 
+            $errorMsg = $this->process->getErrorOutput();
             if ($initialClone) {
                 $this->filesystem->removeDirectory($origCwd);
             }
-            $this->throwException('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput(), $url);
+
+            $this->throwException('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $errorMsg, $url);
         }
     }