diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/repo/GitRepositoryInitializer.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/repo/GitRepositoryInitializer.java
index f4bc944c062e..f3f96d4622ec 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/repo/GitRepositoryInitializer.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/repo/GitRepositoryInitializer.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.intellij.vcs.VcsRepositoryInitializer;
 import git4idea.GitVcs;
 import git4idea.commands.Git;
 import git4idea.commands.GitCommand;
-import git4idea.commands.GitCommandResult;
 import git4idea.commands.GitLineHandler;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -20,9 +19,7 @@ public class GitRepositoryInitializer implements VcsRepositoryInitializer {
   public void initRepository(@NotNull File rootDir) throws VcsException {
     // TODO remove the fake project instance when GitHandler knows how to run without project
     GitLineHandler handler = new GitLineHandler(ProjectManager.getInstance().getDefaultProject(), rootDir, GitCommand.INIT);
-    GitCommandResult result = Git.getInstance().runCommand(handler);
-    // TODO change to GitCommandResult.successOrThrow() after the API is ready
-    if (!result.success()) throw new VcsException(result.getErrorOutputAsJoinedString());
+    Git.getInstance().runCommand(handler).getOutputOrThrow();
   }
 
   @NotNull