diff --git a/.vortex/docs/.utils/update-videos.php b/.vortex/docs/.utils/update-videos.php
index d5c375c51..87d50b145 100755
--- a/.vortex/docs/.utils/update-videos.php
+++ b/.vortex/docs/.utils/update-videos.php
@@ -486,4 +486,13 @@ function main(array $argv): int {
   return 0;
 }
 
-exit(main($argv));
+// A failure inside main() reports itself before it is thrown, so the message
+// alone is the whole error.
+try {
+  exit(main($argv));
+}
+catch (Throwable $exception) {
+  fwrite(STDERR, $exception->getMessage() . "\n");
+
+  exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/src/Utils/FileManager.php b/.vortex/installer/src/Utils/FileManager.php
index 38d4b3169..ee28684bc 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/src/Utils/FileManager.php
+++ b/.vortex/installer/src/Utils/FileManager.php
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ public function prepareDestination(): array {
 
       // The destination arrives from a CLI option, the environment or a config
       // file, so it is escaped rather than interpolated into the shell string.
-      $command = sprintf('git --work-tree=%s --git-dir=%s init > /dev/null', escapeshellarg($destination), escapeshellarg($destination . '/.git'));
+      // 'git init' writes the initial branch advice to stderr when
+      // 'init.defaultBranch' is unset, and passthru() draws it inside the TUI.
+      $command = sprintf('git -c advice.defaultBranchName=false --work-tree=%s --git-dir=%s init > /dev/null', escapeshellarg($destination), escapeshellarg($destination . '/.git'));
       passthru($command, $exit_code);
 
       if ($exit_code !== 0 || !File::exists($destination . '/.git')) {