gcab-1.5/meson.build:11:2: ERROR: Command "/usr/local/bin/git describe --abbrev=4 --dirty" failed with status 128.

Index: meson.build
--- meson.build.orig
+++ meson.build
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ project('gcab', 'c',
 )
 
 git_version = []
-git = find_program('git', required: false)
-if git.found()
-  git_version = run_command(git, 'describe', '--abbrev=4', '--dirty', check: false).stdout().strip().split('-')
-endif
 
 # libtool versioning
 lt_current = 3