diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy/git_download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy/git_download_strategy.rb
index e78c539b06d17..e27f85d90650e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy/git_download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy/git_download_strategy.rb
@@ -29,12 +29,8 @@ def initialize(url, name, version, **meta)
   # @api public
   sig { override.returns(Time) }
   def source_modified_time
-    # This runs while staging inside the sandbox, where reading the user Git
-    # config is denied and makes Git exit; null the global config here, unlike
-    # the download-time commands that read it for credential helpers.
-    require "utils/git"
     result = system_command("git", args: ["--git-dir", git_dir, "show", "-s", "--format=%cD"],
-                                   env:  env.merge(Utils::Git.no_global_config_env), print_stderr: false)
+                                   env:  local_git_env, print_stderr: false)
     raise "Failed to read the Git commit time:\n#{result.stderr}" unless result.success?
 
     Time.parse(result.stdout)
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ def source_revision = current_revision.presence
   sig { override.returns(String) }
   def last_commit
     args = ["--git-dir", git_dir, "rev-parse", "--short=#{MINIMUM_COMMIT_HASH_LENGTH}", "HEAD"]
-    @last_commit ||= silent_command("git", args:).stdout.chomp.presence
+    @last_commit ||= system_command("git", args:, env: local_git_env, print_stderr: false).stdout.chomp.presence
     @last_commit || ""
   end
 
@@ -62,6 +58,16 @@ def env
     { "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT" => "0" }
   end
 
+  # Local, read-only repository inspections (`git --git-dir … rev-parse`/`show`)
+  # can run while staging inside the sandbox, where reading the user's global Git
+  # config is denied and makes Git exit. Null it here, unlike the download-time
+  # commands that read it for credential helpers.
+  sig { returns(T::Hash[String, String]) }
+  def local_git_env
+    require "utils/git"
+    env.merge(Utils::Git.no_global_config_env)
+  end
+
   sig { override.returns(String) }
   def cache_tag
     if partial_clone_sparse_checkout?
@@ -104,7 +110,8 @@ def ref?
 
   sig { override.returns(String) }
   def current_revision
-    silent_command("git", args: ["--git-dir", git_dir, "rev-parse", "-q", "--verify", "HEAD"]).stdout.strip
+    system_command("git", args: ["--git-dir", git_dir, "rev-parse", "-q", "--verify", "HEAD"],
+                          env: local_git_env, print_stderr: false).stdout.strip
   end
 
   sig { override.returns(T::Boolean) }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/git_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/git_spec.rb
index b3cc2f8c6e367..fb24d6921f507 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/git_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/git_spec.rb
@@ -63,13 +63,28 @@ def setup_git_repo
     end
   end
 
-  specify "#last_commit" do
-    cached_location.cd do
-      setup_git_repo
-      FileUtils.touch "LICENSE"
-      git_commit_all
+  describe "#last_commit" do
+    specify "returns the short hash of the last commit" do
+      cached_location.cd do
+        setup_git_repo
+        FileUtils.touch "LICENSE"
+        git_commit_all
+      end
+      expect(strategy.last_commit).to eq("f68266e")
+    end
+
+    it "nulls the global Git config so sandboxed staging reads do not fail" do
+      expect(strategy).to receive(:system_command)
+        .with(
+          "git",
+          args:         ["--git-dir", cached_location/".git", "rev-parse", "--short=7", "HEAD"],
+          env:          { "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT" => "0", "GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL" => File::NULL },
+          print_stderr: false,
+        )
+        .and_return(instance_double(SystemCommand::Result, stdout: "f68266e\n"))
+
+      expect(strategy.last_commit).to eq("f68266e")
     end
-    expect(strategy.last_commit).to eq("f68266e")
   end
 
   describe "#fetch_last_commit" do