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diff --git a/qa/base.py b/qa/base.py
index 4c0bf2a..eac60e4 100644
--- a/qa/base.py
+++ b/qa/base.py
@@ -28,11 +28,20 @@ class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
def _create_simple_commit(self, message, out=None, ok_code=None, env=None):
""" Creates a simple commit with an empty test file.
:param message: Commit message for the commit. """
+
+ # Let's make sure that we copy the environment in which this python code was executed as environment
+ # variables can influence how git runs.
+ # This was needed to fix https://github.com/jorisroovers/gitlint/issues/15 as we need to make sure to use
+ # the PATH variable that contains the virtualenv's python binary.
+ environment = os.environ
+ if env:
+ environment.update(env)
+
test_filename = "test-file-" + str(uuid4())
touch(test_filename, _cwd=self.tmp_git_repo)
git("add", test_filename, _cwd=self.tmp_git_repo)
# https://amoffat.github.io/sh/#interactive-callbacks
- git("commit", "-m", message, _cwd=self.tmp_git_repo, _tty_in=True, _out=out, _ok_code=ok_code, _env=env)
+ git("commit", "-m", message, _cwd=self.tmp_git_repo, _tty_in=True, _out=out, _ok_code=ok_code, _env=environment)
return test_filename
@staticmethod