From bdaf1206f51727e2b2807ecd25c9c11a5736c3c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvain Joyeux <sylvain.joyeux@tidewise.io>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 11:14:36 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make sure Environment#[] returns an inherited value
 after the inherit call

It would appear as set only after some values were added to it.
---
 lib/autobuild/environment.rb | 1 +
 test/test_environment.rb     | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/autobuild/environment.rb b/lib/autobuild/environment.rb
index ac9e0dca..b8c8ddba 100644
--- a/lib/autobuild/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/autobuild/environment.rb
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ def inherit(*names)
             if flag
                 @inherited_variables |= names
                 names.each do |env_name|
+                    @environment[env_name] ||= []
                     init_from_env(env_name)
                 end
             else
diff --git a/test/test_environment.rb b/test/test_environment.rb
index 1be01e3b..f9c96911 100644
--- a/test/test_environment.rb
+++ b/test/test_environment.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ module Autobuild
                 @env = Environment.new
                 @env.inherit 'AUTOBUILD_TEST'
             end
+
+            it "is available right after the inherit call" do
+                assert_equal "val1:val0", @env["AUTOBUILD_TEST"]
+            end
+
             describe "push_path" do
                 it "does not re-read the inherited environment" do
                 end