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+import locale
+import os
+import platform
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# PLATFORM_IS_WINDOWS
+
+
+def platform_is_windows():
+    return "windows" in platform.system().lower()
+
+
+PLATFORM_IS_WINDOWS = platform_is_windows()
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# USE_SH_LIB
+# Determine whether to use the `sh` library
+# On windows we won't want to use the sh library since it's not supported - instead we'll use our own shell module.
+# However, we want to be able to overwrite this behavior for testing using the GITLINT_QA_USE_SH_LIB env var.
+
+
+def use_sh_library():
+    gitlint_use_sh_lib_env = os.environ.get("GITLINT_QA_USE_SH_LIB", None)
+    if gitlint_use_sh_lib_env:
+        return gitlint_use_sh_lib_env == "1"
+    return not PLATFORM_IS_WINDOWS
+
+
+USE_SH_LIB = use_sh_library()
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# TERMINAL_ENCODING
+# Encoding for reading gitlint command output
+
+
+def getpreferredencoding():
+    """Use local.getpreferredencoding() or fallback to UTF-8."""
+    return locale.getpreferredencoding() or "UTF-8"
+
+
+TERMINAL_ENCODING = getpreferredencoding()
+
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# FILE_ENCODING
+
+# Encoding for reading/writing files within the tests, this is always UTF-8
+FILE_ENCODING = "UTF-8"