How to exec in NodeJS using the user's environment?

Question

I am trying to execute a command in Node:

cd \"/www/foo/\" && \"/path/to/git/bin/git.exe\" config --list --global

Basically, I want to

Answer 1

I solved it.

I retrieved the current environment from process.env and extended it with my own properties:

var environment = process.env;
environment.customProp = 'foo';

var config = {
    maxBuffer: 10000 * 1024,
    env: environment
};

So the problem was I missed the entire environment when I overwrote it.