Add environment variable inheritance to git status and branch API calls#1417
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nsingl00 wants to merge 3 commits intojupyterlab:mainfrom
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Add environment variable inheritance to git status and branch API calls#1417nsingl00 wants to merge 3 commits intojupyterlab:mainfrom
nsingl00 wants to merge 3 commits intojupyterlab:mainfrom
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In general the pattern we use in the codebase is:
env = os.environ.copy()
env["GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT"] = "0"but I think these commands should not prompt so I think it is fine to merge as-is.
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Several git subprocess calls in the status and branch APIs were not inheriting the parent process environment variables, which could cause git commands to fail when custom environment configurations are needed (e.g., custom PATH, GIT_*
variables, proxy settings, or authentication tokens).
Added env=os.environ.copy() parameter to the following subprocess calls:
Issue: #1416