diff --git a/crates/rover-client/src/utils/git.rs b/crates/rover-client/src/utils/git.rs
index d32e7ed1a..558be9d4a 100644
--- a/crates/rover-client/src/utils/git.rs
+++ b/crates/rover-client/src/utils/git.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct GitContext {
 }
 
 impl GitContext {
-    pub fn new(override_git_context: GitContext) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_with_override(override_git_context: GitContext) -> Self {
         let repo = GitContext::get_repo();
 
         let mut remote_url = override_git_context.remote_url;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl GitContext {
     }
 
     pub fn default() -> Self {
-        GitContext::new(GitContext {
+        GitContext::new_with_override(GitContext {
             author: None,
             branch: None,
             commit: None,
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ mod tests {
             remote_url: Some(remote_url),
         };
 
-        let actual_git_context = GitContext::new(override_git_context.clone());
+        let actual_git_context = GitContext::new_with_override(override_git_context.clone());
 
         assert_eq!(override_git_context, actual_git_context);
     }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 9c0373726..1820dbce3 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl Rover {
             remote_url: self.env_store.get(RoverEnvKey::VcsRemoteUrl).ok().flatten(),
         };
 
-        let git_context = GitContext::new(override_git_context);
+        let git_context = GitContext::new_with_override(override_git_context);
         tracing::debug!(?git_context);
         Ok(git_context)
     }
diff --git a/src/command/subgraph/check.rs b/src/command/subgraph/check.rs
index 219df3dcd..f6c3bc3b1 100644
--- a/src/command/subgraph/check.rs
+++ b/src/command/subgraph/check.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl Check {
                 variant: self.graph.variant.clone(),
                 proposed_schema,
                 subgraph: self.subgraph.clone(),
-                git_context: git_context.into(),
+                git_context,
                 config: SubgraphCheckConfig {
                     query_count_threshold: self.query_count_threshold,
                     query_count_threshold_percentage: self.query_percentage_threshold,
diff --git a/src/error/metadata/mod.rs b/src/error/metadata/mod.rs
index ffb793fa1..32649ab6c 100644
--- a/src/error/metadata/mod.rs
+++ b/src/error/metadata/mod.rs
@@ -63,15 +63,14 @@ impl From<&mut anyhow::Error> for Metadata {
                     composition_errors,
                 } => {
                     for composition_error in composition_errors {
-                        let code = format!(
-                            "error[{}]: ",
-                            composition_error
-                                .code
-                                .as_ref()
-                                .unwrap_or(&"UNKNOWN".to_string())
-                        );
-                        let color_code = Red.bold().paint(&code);
-                        eprintln!("{}{}", &color_code, &composition_error.message);
+                        let mut error = format!("{} ", Red.bold().paint("error:"));
+                        if let Some(code) = &composition_error.code {
+                            error.push_str(&format!("{}: ", code));
+                        } else {
+                            error.push_str("UNKNOWN: ");
+                        }
+                        error.push_str(&composition_error.message);
+                        eprintln!("{}", &error);
                     }
                     (
                         Some(Suggestion::FixSubgraphSchema {