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diff --git a/compat/setenv.c b/compat/setenv.c
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+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
+int gitsetenv(const char *name, const char *value, int replace)
+{
+ int out;
+ size_t namelen, valuelen;
+ char *envstr;
+
+ if (!name || strchr(name, '=') || !value) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (!replace) {
+ char *oldval = NULL;
+ oldval = getenv(name);
+ if (oldval) return 0;
+ }
+
+ namelen = strlen(name);
+ valuelen = strlen(value);
+ envstr = malloc((namelen + valuelen + 2));
+ if (!envstr) {
+ errno = ENOMEM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(envstr, name, namelen);
+ envstr[namelen] = '=';
+ memcpy(envstr + namelen + 1, value, valuelen);
+ envstr[namelen + valuelen + 1] = 0;
+
+ out = putenv(envstr);
+ /* putenv(3) makes the argument string part of the environment,
+ * and changing that string modifies the environment --- which
+ * means we do not own that storage anymore. Do not free
+ * envstr.
+ */
+
+ return out;
+}