diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 399b2daff..27040388a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,9 +46,15 @@
   * Fixed suggest output being very spammy, it now is only one line long and shows more rarely
   * Fixed conflict rules like e.g. >=5 from matching dev-master, as it is not normalized to 9999999-dev internally anymore
 
+### [1.10.8] 2020-06-24
+
+  * Fixed compatibility issue with git being configured to show signatures by default
+  * Fixed discarding of local changes when updating packages to include untracked files
+  * Several minor fixes
+
 ### [1.10.7] 2020-06-03
 
-  * Fix PHP 8 deprecations
+  * Fixed PHP 8 deprecations
   * Fixed detection of pcntl_signal being in disabled_functions when pcntl_async_signal is allowed
 
 ### [1.10.6] 2020-05-06
@@ -910,6 +916,7 @@
 
 [2.0.0-alpha2]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/2.0.0-alpha1...2.0.0-alpha2
 [2.0.0-alpha1]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.7...2.0.0-alpha1
+[1.10.8]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.7...1.10.8
 [1.10.7]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.6...1.10.7
 [1.10.6]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.5...1.10.6
 [1.10.5]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.4...1.10.5
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
index faba0fd1e..c7672c619 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
@@ -222,7 +222,17 @@ class GitDriver extends VcsDriver
             return false;
         }
 
-        $process = new ProcessExecutor($io);
-        return $process->execute('git ls-remote --heads ' . ProcessExecutor::escape($url), $output) === 0;
+        $gitUtil = new GitUtil($io, $config, new ProcessExecutor($io), new Filesystem());
+        GitUtil::cleanEnv();
+
+        try {
+            $gitUtil->runCommand(function ($url) {
+                return 'git ls-remote --heads ' . ProcessExecutor::escape($url);
+            }, $url, sys_get_temp_dir());
+        } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 }