perf(ops): streamline log capture and git error reporting

Co-authored-by: genichin <4282227+genichin@users.noreply.github.com>

tests/adapters/persistence/test_ops_checks.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, date, datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
+
 from trex_core.adapters.persistence.ops_checks import (
     collect_release_provenance,
     find_ledger_gap_slots,
@@ -179,3 +181,18 @@ def test_collect_release_provenance_rejects_runtime_path_escape(tmp_path):
     assert runtime["path_within_checkout"] is False
     assert runtime["matches_expected_revision"] is False
     assert report["gate"]["passed"] is False
+
+
+def test_collect_release_provenance_reports_git_failure_context(tmp_path):
+    not_repo = tmp_path / "not-repo"
+    not_repo.mkdir()
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="git command failed in checkout="):
+        collect_release_provenance(
+            actor="operator-a",
+            reason="deploy",
+            instance="inst-a",
+            command_class="manual-start",
+            checkout_dir=not_repo,
+            capture_commands={},
+            broker_log_path=None,
+        )