diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-jobs-teach.md b/.changeset/thirty-jobs-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..554f40587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-jobs-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@changesets/git": patch
+"@changesets/cli": patch
+---
+
+Avoid an infinite loop when git commands fail to execute when Changesets try to retrieve commits that added files.
diff --git a/packages/git/src/index.ts b/packages/git/src/index.ts
index c69841f27..bb632760c 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/index.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,12 @@ export async function isRepoShallow({ cwd }: { cwd: string }) {
 }
 
 export async function deepenCloneBy({ by, cwd }: { by: number; cwd: string }) {
-  await exec("git", ["fetch", `--deepen=${by}`], { nodeOptions: { cwd } });
+  const cmd = await exec("git", ["fetch", `--deepen=${by}`], {
+    nodeOptions: { cwd },
+  });
+  if (cmd.exitCode !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(cmd.stderr.toString());
+  }
 }
 async function getRepoRoot({ cwd }: { cwd: string }) {
   const { stdout, exitCode, stderr } = await exec(