diff --git a/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigConsoleController.php b/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigConsoleController.php
--- a/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigConsoleController.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigConsoleController.php
@@ -189,8 +189,13 @@
     foreach ($specs as $lib) {
       $remote_future = $remote_futures[$lib];
 
-      list($err, $stdout) = $remote_future->resolve();
-      if ($err) {
+      try {
+        list($stdout, $err) = $remote_future->resolvex();
+      } catch (CommandException $e) {
+
+        // Better to report git errors than just ignoring them.
+        self::logGitErrorWithPotentialTips($e, $lib);
+
         // If this fails for whatever reason, just move on.
         continue;
       }
@@ -258,13 +263,17 @@
 
     $results = array();
     foreach ($log_futures as $lib => $future) {
-      list($err, $stdout) = $future->resolve();
-      if (!$err) {
+
+      try {
+        list($stdout, $err) = $future->resolvex();
         list($hash, $epoch) = explode(' ', $stdout);
-      } else {
+     } catch (CommandException $e) {
         $hash = null;
         $epoch = null;
-      }
+
+        // Better to report git errors than just ignoring them.
+        self::logGitErrorWithPotentialTips($e, $lib);
+     }
 
       $result = array(
         'hash' => $hash,
@@ -275,7 +284,7 @@
 
       $upstream_future = idx($upstream_futures, $lib);
       if ($upstream_future) {
-        list($err, $stdout) = $upstream_future->resolve();
+        list($stdout, $err) = $upstream_future->resolve();
         if (!$err) {
           $branchpoint = trim($stdout);
           if (strlen($branchpoint)) {
@@ -340,5 +349,35 @@
       ->appendChild($table_view);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Help in better troubleshooting of git dubious ownership
+   * https://we.phorge.it/T15282
+   * @param CommandException $e   Exception
+   * @param string           $lib Library name involved
+   */
+  private static function logGitErrorWithPotentialTips($e, $lib) {
+
+    // Then, let's try to detect this specific damn error message
+    $expected_error_msg_part = 'detected dubious ownership in repository';
+
+    $stderr = $e->getStderr();
+    if (strpos($stderr, $expected_error_msg_part) !== false) {
+
+      // Try to show a specific error with a resolution
+
+      // show the nice root name
+      $root = dirname(phutil_get_library_root($lib));
+
+      phlog(pht(
+        "Cannot identify the version of the %s repository ".
+        "because the webserver does not trust it.\n".
+        "Try this system resolution:\n".
+        "sudo git config --system --add safe.directory %s", $lib, $root));
+    } else {
+
+      // Otherwise show a generic error message
+      phlog($e);
+    }
+  }
 
 }