Merge branch 'electrofelix-0.3-fix-env-usage' into 0.3

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
index 9cc6b1fa..f97dd3f6 100644
--- a/git/cmd.py
+++ b/git/cmd.py
@@ -341,8 +341,10 @@ class Git(LazyMixin):
           cwd = self._working_dir
 
         # Start the process
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["LC_MESSAGES"] = "C"
         proc = Popen(command,
-                        env={"LC_MESSAGES": "C"},
+                        env=env,
                         cwd=cwd,
                         stdin=istream,
                         stderr=PIPE,
diff --git a/git/test/test_git.py b/git/test/test_git.py
index 49c256ca..063a4d38 100644
--- a/git/test/test_git.py
+++ b/git/test/test_git.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
 import os
+import mock
 from git.test.lib import (TestBase,
                             patch,
                             raises,
@@ -128,3 +129,8 @@ class TestGit(TestBase):
 
     def test_change_to_transform_kwargs_does_not_break_command_options(self):
         self.git.log(n=1)
+
+    def test_env_vars_passed_to_git(self):
+        editor = 'non_existant_editor'
+        with mock.patch.dict('os.environ', {'GIT_EDITOR': editor}):
+            assert self.git.var("GIT_EDITOR") == editor