Appending shell environment (dsoprea#71)

* Appending shell environment * Copying for mutation prevention * Fixing @dsoprea's comment
rlKoekie · Sep 29, 2016 · cfaabe8 · cfaabe8
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commit cfaabe8
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/svn/common.py b/svn/common.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import collections
+import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
-import logging
-import dateutil.parser
-import collections
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
+import dateutil.parser
+
 import svn.constants
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger('svn')
@@ -50,10 +51,13 @@ def run_command(self, subcommand, args, success_code=0,
 
         _logger.debug("RUN: %s" % (cmd,))
 
+        environment_variables = os.environ.copy()
+        environment_variables['LANG'] = 'en_US.UTF-8'
+
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                              stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                             env={'LANG': 'en_US.UTF-8'})
+                             env=environment_variables)
 
         stdout = p.stdout.read()
         r = p.wait()