diff --git a/datalad_core/runners/annex.py b/datalad_core/runners/annex.py
index b8b475d..cd49d18 100644
--- a/datalad_core/runners/annex.py
+++ b/datalad_core/runners/annex.py
@@ -56,17 +56,20 @@ def call_annex_json_lines(
         with iter_git_subproc(cmd, cwd=cwd) as annex_proc:
             for res in load_json(itemize(annex_proc, sep=None)):
                 if res.get('success', True) is False:
-                    error_results.append({
-                        k: v for k, v in res.items()
-                        if k in ('command', 'input', 'error-messages', 'note')
-                    })
+                    error_results.append(
+                        {
+                            k: v
+                            for k, v in res.items()
+                            if k in ('command', 'input', 'error-messages', 'note')
+                        }
+                    )
                 yield res
     except CommandError as e:
         # TODO: I think we'd rather want to have an exception subclass here
         # that can take this information in a structured fashion, and does the
         # formatting on access
         e.msg = _format_errors(error_results)
-        raise e
+        raise
 
 
 def _format_errors(err: list[dict[str, str | list[str]]]) -> str:
@@ -79,11 +82,14 @@ def _format_errors(err: list[dict[str, str | list[str]]]) -> str:
 
 
 def _format_error(err: dict[str, str | list[str]]) -> str:
-    return ''.join((
-        f'{err["command"]!r} ' if 'command' in err else '',
-        'failed',
-        f' for input {err["input"]!r}' if err.get('input') else '',
-        f' with {"\n".join(err["error-messages"])!r}'
-        if err.get('error-messages') else '',
-        f' [note: {err["note"]}]' if 'note' in err else '',
-    ))
+    return ''.join(
+        (
+            f'{err["command"]!r} ' if 'command' in err else '',
+            'failed',
+            f' for input {err["input"]!r}' if err.get('input') else '',
+            f' with {"\n".join(err["error-messages"])!r}'
+            if err.get('error-messages')
+            else '',
+            f' [note: {err["note"]}]' if 'note' in err else '',
+        )
+    )