diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_cmd_obj_runner.go b/pkg/commands/git_cmd_obj_runner.go
index c57c2d2be..96cef3c61 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_cmd_obj_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_cmd_obj_runner.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ func (self *gitCmdObjRunner) RunWithOutput(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) (string, e
 	return self.innerRunner.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
 }
 
+func (self *gitCmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputs(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) (string, string, error) {
+	return self.innerRunner.RunWithOutputs(cmdObj)
+}
+
 func (self *gitCmdObjRunner) RunAndProcessLines(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
 	return self.innerRunner.RunAndProcessLines(cmdObj, onLine)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loaders/files.go b/pkg/commands/loaders/files.go
index db37da935..6d14bb590 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loaders/files.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loaders/files.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (c *FileLoader) GitStatus(opts GitStatusOptions) ([]FileStatus, error) {
 		noRenamesFlag = " --no-renames"
 	}
 
-	statusLines, err := c.cmd.New(fmt.Sprintf("git status %s --porcelain -z%s", opts.UntrackedFilesArg, noRenamesFlag)).DontLog().RunWithOutput()
+	statusLines, _, err := c.cmd.New(fmt.Sprintf("git status %s --porcelain -z%s", opts.UntrackedFilesArg, noRenamesFlag)).DontLog().RunWithOutputs()
 	if err != nil {
 		return []FileStatus{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
index 1a801c6fe..47a227f17 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type ICmdObj interface {
 	Run() error
 	// runs the command and returns the output as a string, and an error if any
 	RunWithOutput() (string, error)
+	// runs the command and returns stdout and stderr as a string, and an error if any
+	RunWithOutputs() (string, string, error)
 	// runs the command and runs a callback function on each line of the output. If the callback returns true for the boolean value, we kill the process and return.
 	RunAndProcessLines(onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error
 
@@ -162,6 +164,10 @@ func (self *CmdObj) RunWithOutput() (string, error) {
 	return self.runner.RunWithOutput(self)
 }
 
+func (self *CmdObj) RunWithOutputs() (string, string, error) {
+	return self.runner.RunWithOutputs(self)
+}
+
 func (self *CmdObj) RunAndProcessLines(onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
 	return self.runner.RunAndProcessLines(self, onLine)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
index ba1489fe6..01cc0f460 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 type ICmdObjRunner interface {
 	Run(cmdObj ICmdObj) error
 	RunWithOutput(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error)
+	RunWithOutputs(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, string, error)
 	RunAndProcessLines(cmdObj ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +77,31 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunWithOutput(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error) {
 	return self.RunWithOutputAux(cmdObj)
 }
 
+func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputs(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, string, error) {
+	if cmdObj.Mutex() != nil {
+		cmdObj.Mutex().Lock()
+		defer cmdObj.Mutex().Unlock()
+	}
+
+	if cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy() != NONE {
+		err := self.runWithCredentialHandling(cmdObj)
+		// for now we're not capturing output, just because it would take a little more
+		// effort and there's currently no use case for it. Some commands call RunWithOutputs
+		// but ignore the output, hence why we've got this check here.
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	if cmdObj.ShouldStreamOutput() {
+		err := self.runAndStream(cmdObj)
+		// for now we're not capturing output, just because it would take a little more
+		// effort and there's currently no use case for it. Some commands call RunWithOutputs
+		// but ignore the output, hence why we've got this check here.
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	return self.RunWithOutputsAux(cmdObj)
+}
+
 func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputAux(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error) {
 	self.log.WithField("command", cmdObj.ToString()).Debug("RunCommand")
 
@@ -90,6 +116,28 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputAux(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error) {
 	return output, err
 }
 
+func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputsAux(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, string, error) {
+	self.log.WithField("command", cmdObj.ToString()).Debug("RunCommand")
+
+	if cmdObj.ShouldLog() {
+		self.logCmdObj(cmdObj)
+	}
+
+	var outBuffer, errBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := cmdObj.GetCmd()
+	cmd.Stdout = &outBuffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &errBuffer
+	err := cmd.Run()
+
+	stdout := outBuffer.String()
+	stderr, err := sanitisedCommandOutput(errBuffer.Bytes(), err)
+	if err != nil {
+		self.log.WithField("command", cmdObj.ToString()).Error(stderr)
+	}
+
+	return stdout, stderr, err
+}
+
 func (self *cmdObjRunner) RunAndProcessLines(cmdObj ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
 	if cmdObj.Mutex() != nil {
 		cmdObj.Mutex().Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/fake_cmd_obj_runner.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/fake_cmd_obj_runner.go
index d06861251..f553d8c63 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/fake_cmd_obj_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/fake_cmd_obj_runner.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func (self *FakeCmdObjRunner) RunWithOutput(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error) {
 	return output, err
 }
 
+func (self *FakeCmdObjRunner) RunWithOutputs(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, string, error) {
+	output, err := self.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
+	return output, "", err
+}
+
 func (self *FakeCmdObjRunner) RunAndProcessLines(cmdObj ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
 	output, err := self.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
 	if err != nil {