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The problem was that Nix's initialization script checks for an environment variable
(__ETC_PROFILE_NIX_SOURCED) to prevent duplicate execution.
When Emacs calls a shell process,
this variable is inherited,
causing the Nix PATH setup to be skipped.
This commit adds a function to run call-process with empty process-environment,
ensuring shell initialization scripts run completely fresh,
properly including Nix paths in the returned environment variables.

The problem was that Nix's initialization script checks for an environment variable
(`__ETC_PROFILE_NIX_SOURCED`) to prevent duplicate execution.
When Emacs calls a shell process,
this variable is inherited,
causing the Nix `PATH` setup to be skipped.
This commit adds a function to run call-process with empty process-environment,
ensuring shell initialization scripts run completely fresh,
properly including Nix paths in the returned environment variables.
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