diff --git a/lib/src/error.dart b/lib/src/error.dart
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+import 'dart:ffi';
+import 'package:ffi/ffi.dart';
+import 'bindings/libgit2_bindings.dart';
+
+class LibGit2Error {
+  LibGit2Error(this.errorCode, this.errorPointer);
+  final int errorCode;
+  final Pointer<git_error> errorPointer;
+
+  @override
+  String toString() {
+    final errorClass = errorPointer.ref.klass;
+    final errorMessage = errorPointer.ref.message.cast<Utf8>().toDartString();
+    return 'Error $errorCode/$errorClass: $errorMessage';
+  }
+}