diff --git a/rakelib/epoch.rake b/rakelib/epoch.rake
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+task "build" => "date_epoch"
+
+task "date_epoch" do
+  ENV["SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"] = IO.popen(%W[git -C #{__dir__} log -1 --format=%ct], &:read).chomp
+end