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-rw-r--r--git/__init__.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git/__init__.py b/git/__init__.py
index 74609e79..e98806d4 100644
--- a/git/__init__.py
+++ b/git/__init__.py
@@ -79,5 +79,8 @@ def refresh(path=None):
#} END initialize git executable path
#################
-refresh()
+try:
+ refresh()
+except Exception as exc:
+ raise ImportError('Failed to initialize: {0}'.format(exc))
#################