diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/MergeCommandResult.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/MergeCommandResult.java
index 024e7bbc89..c5a4a57d42 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/MergeCommandResult.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/MergeCommandResult.java
@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
 package sonia.scm.repository.api;
 
-public class MergeCommandResult {
-  private final boolean success;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 
-  public MergeCommandResult(boolean success) {
-    this.success = success;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableCollection;
+
+public class MergeCommandResult {
+  private final Collection<String> filesWithConflict;
+
+  private MergeCommandResult(Collection<String> filesWithConflict) {
+    this.filesWithConflict = filesWithConflict;
+  }
+
+  public static MergeCommandResult success() {
+    return new MergeCommandResult(emptyList());
+  }
+
+  public static MergeCommandResult failure(Collection<String> filesWithConflict) {
+    return new MergeCommandResult(new HashSet<>(filesWithConflict));
   }
 
   public boolean isSuccess() {
-    return success;
+    return filesWithConflict.isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  public Collection<String> getFilesWithConflict() {
+    return unmodifiableCollection(filesWithConflict);
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommand.java
index c2b903e57f..800317ef67 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommand.java
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ public class GitMergeCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements MergeCommand
   public MergeCommandResult merge(MergeCommandRequest request) {
     try (WorkingCopy workingCopy = workdirFactory.createWorkingCopy(context)) {
       Repository repository = workingCopy.get();
+      logger.debug("cloned repository to folder {}", repository.getWorkTree());
       return new MergeWorker(repository).merge(request);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new InternalRepositoryException(e);
+      throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not clone repository for merge", e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public class GitMergeCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements MergeCommand
       ResolveMerger merger = (ResolveMerger) MergeStrategy.RECURSIVE.newMerger(repository, true);
       return new MergeDryRunCommandResult(merger.merge(repository.resolve(request.getBranchToMerge()), repository.resolve(request.getTargetBranch())));
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new InternalRepositoryException(e);
+      throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not clone repository for merge", e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class GitMergeCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements MergeCommand
       try {
         clone.checkout().setName(target).call();
       } catch (GitAPIException e) {
-        throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not checkout target branch " + target, e);
+        throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not checkout target branch for merge: " + target, e);
       }
       MergeResult result;
       try {
@@ -78,16 +79,17 @@ public class GitMergeCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements MergeCommand
         throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not merge branch " + toMerge + " into " + target, e);
       }
       if (result.getMergeStatus().isSuccessful()) {
-        logger.info("merged branch {} into {}", toMerge, target);
+        logger.debug("merged branch {} into {}", toMerge, target);
         try {
           clone.push().call();
         } catch (GitAPIException e) {
           throw new InternalRepositoryException("could not push merged branch " + toMerge + " to origin", e);
         }
-        return new MergeCommandResult(true);
+        logger.debug("pushed merged branch {}", target);
+        return MergeCommandResult.success();
       } else {
-        logger.info("could not merged branch {} into {} due to {}", toMerge, target, result.getConflicts().keySet());
-        return new MergeCommandResult(false);
+        logger.info("could not merged branch {} into {} due to conflict in paths {}", toMerge, target, result.getConflicts().keySet());
+        return MergeCommandResult.failure(result.getConflicts().keySet());
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
index bd140c68cb..c6949a3a11 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
-import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.MergeCommandResult;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
 
 public class GitMergeCommandTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
 
@@ -38,9 +40,9 @@ public class GitMergeCommandTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
     request.setTargetBranch("master");
     request.setBranchToMerge("mergeable");
 
-    boolean mergeable = command.merge(request).isSuccess();
+    MergeCommandResult mergeCommandResult = command.merge(request);
 
-    assertThat(mergeable).isTrue();
+    assertThat(mergeCommandResult.isSuccess()).isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -50,9 +52,10 @@ public class GitMergeCommandTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
     request.setBranchToMerge("test-branch");
     request.setTargetBranch("master");
 
-    boolean mergeable = command.merge(request).isSuccess();
+    MergeCommandResult mergeCommandResult = command.merge(request);
 
-    assertThat(mergeable).isFalse();
+    assertThat(mergeCommandResult.isSuccess()).isFalse();
+    assertThat(mergeCommandResult.getFilesWithConflict()).containsExactly("a.txt");
   }
 
   private GitMergeCommand createCommand() {