diff --git a/build b/build
index 72318241..4e182ae3 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -68,20 +68,15 @@ install_packages()
 
 git_init()
 {
-	[ -L ".git" ] && $err "Reference .git is a symlink"
+	[ -L ".git" ] && return 1
 	[ -e ".git" ] && return 0
 	eval "$(setvars "$(date -Rud @${versiondate})" cdate _nogit)"
 
-	git init 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
-	    $err "${PWD}: cannot initialise Git repository"
-	git add -A . 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
-	    $err "${PWD}: cannot add files to Git repository"
+	git init || return 1
+	git add -A . || return 1
 	git commit -m "${projectname} ${version}" --date "${cdate}" \
-	    --author="xbmk <xbmk@example.com>" 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
-	    $err "$PWD: can't commit ${projectname}/${version}, date $cdate"
-	git tag -a "${version}" -m "${projectname} ${version}" \
-	    1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
-	    $err "${PWD}: cannot git-tag ${projectname}/${version}"
+	    --author="xbmk <xbmk@example.com>" || return 1
+	git tag -a "${version}" -m "${projectname} ${version}" || return 1
 }
 
 mkrelease()