$ podman run --rm -ti centos:stream8 bash
[root@e9e3252c9813 /]# dnf install -y epel-release
[root@e9e3252c9813 /]# dnf install packit --enablerepo epel-testing --enablerepo powertools
[root@e9e3252c9813 /]# packit status https://github.com/packit/packit
these worked
works fine in centos:stream8