--- Makefile.orig	2025-10-17 08:57:36 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ EXTRA_LDFLAGS ?=
 GIT_COMMIT := $(shell GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$$(cd ..; pwd) git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS ?=
-SKOPEO_LDFLAGS := -ldflags '-X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)'
+SKOPEO_LDFLAGS := -ldflags '-X main.gitCommit="unknown" $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)'
 
 MANPAGES_MD = $(wildcard docs/*.md)
 MANPAGES ?= $(MANPAGES_MD:%.md=%)
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ bin/skopeo:
 # Build w/o using containers
 .PHONY: bin/skopeo
 bin/skopeo:
-	$(GO) build ${GO_DYN_FLAGS} ${SKOPEO_LDFLAGS} -gcflags "$(GOGCFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o $@ ./cmd/skopeo
+	$(GO) build -buildvcs=false ${GO_DYN_FLAGS} ${SKOPEO_LDFLAGS} -gcflags "$(GOGCFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o $@ ./cmd/skopeo
 bin/skopeo.%:
-	GOOS=$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$@)) GOARCH=$(word 3,$(subst ., ,$@)) $(GO) build ${SKOPEO_LDFLAGS} -tags "containers_image_openpgp $(BUILDTAGS)" -o $@ ./cmd/skopeo
+	GOOS=$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$@)) GOARCH=$(word 3,$(subst ., ,$@)) $(GO) build -buildvcs=false ${SKOPEO_LDFLAGS} -tags "containers_image_openpgp $(BUILDTAGS)" -o $@ ./cmd/skopeo
 local-cross: bin/skopeo.darwin.amd64 bin/skopeo.linux.arm bin/skopeo.linux.arm64 bin/skopeo.windows.386.exe bin/skopeo.windows.amd64.exe
 
 $(MANPAGES): %: %.md