diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
index 2c366db0bf..2b281f37f0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
@@ -32,20 +32,21 @@ module GitRepositoryExtension
   end
 
   # Gets the full commit hash of the HEAD commit.
-  sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
-  def git_head
+  sig { params(safe: T::Boolean).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
+  def git_head(safe: false)
     return if !git? || !Utils::Git.available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read(Utils::Git.git, "rev-parse", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
+    Utils.popen_read(Utils::Git.git, "rev-parse", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", safe: safe, chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   # Gets a short commit hash of the HEAD commit.
-  sig { params(length: T.nilable(Integer)).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
-  def git_short_head(length: nil)
+  sig { params(length: T.nilable(Integer), safe: T::Boolean).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
+  def git_short_head(length: nil, safe: false)
     return if !git? || !Utils::Git.available?
 
+    git = Utils::Git.git
     short_arg = length&.to_s&.prepend("=")
-    Utils.popen_read(Utils::Git.git, "rev-parse", "--short#{short_arg}", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self)
+    Utils.popen_read(git, "rev-parse", "--short#{short_arg}", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", safe: safe, chdir: self)
          .chomp.presence
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/git_repository.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/git_repository.rb
index 70602c3f7c..ce3142fb8c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/git_repository.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/git_repository.rb
@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@
 module Utils
   extend T::Sig
 
-  sig { params(repo: T.any(String, Pathname), length: T.nilable(Integer)).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
-  def self.git_head(repo, length: nil)
+  sig do
+    params(repo: T.any(String, Pathname), length: T.nilable(Integer), safe: T::Boolean).returns(T.nilable(String))
+  end
+  def self.git_head(repo, length: nil, safe: true)
     return git_short_head(repo, length: length) if length.present?
 
     repo = Pathname(repo).extend(GitRepositoryExtension)
-    repo.git_head
+    repo.git_head(safe: safe)
   end
 
-  sig { params(repo: T.any(String, Pathname), length: T.nilable(Integer)).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
-  def self.git_short_head(repo, length: nil)
+  sig do
+    params(repo: T.any(String, Pathname), length: T.nilable(Integer), safe: T::Boolean).returns(T.nilable(String))
+  end
+  def self.git_short_head(repo, length: nil, safe: true)
     repo = Pathname(repo).extend(GitRepositoryExtension)
-    repo.git_short_head(length: length)
+    repo.git_short_head(length: length, safe: safe)
   end
 end