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diff --git a/utils/build_env.py b/utils/build_env.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""build environment used by shell scripts
+"""
+
+# set path
+import sys
+import os
+from os.path import realpath, dirname, join, sep, abspath
+
+repo_root = realpath(dirname(realpath(__file__)) + sep + '..')
+sys.path.insert(0, repo_root)
+os.environ['SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH'] = abspath(dirname(__file__) + '/settings.yml')
+
+# Under the assumption that a brand is always a fork assure that the settings
+# file from reposetorie's working tree is used to generate the build_env, not
+# from /etc/searx/settings.yml.
+os.environ['SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH'] = abspath(dirname(__file__) + sep + 'settings.yml')
+
+from searx import brand
+
+name_val = [
+    ('SEARX_URL'              , brand.SEARX_URL),
+    ('GIT_URL'                , brand.GIT_URL),
+    ('GIT_BRANCH'             , brand.GIT_BRANCH),
+    ('ISSUE_URL'              , brand.ISSUE_URL),
+    ('DOCS_URL'               , brand.DOCS_URL),
+    ('PUBLIC_INSTANCES'       , brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES),
+    ('CONTACT_URL'            , brand.CONTACT_URL),
+    ('WIKI_URL'               , brand.WIKI_URL),
+    ('TWITTER_URL'            , brand.TWITTER_URL),
+]
+
+brand_env = 'utils' + sep + 'brand.env'
+
+print('build %s' % brand_env)
+with open(repo_root + sep + brand_env, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    for name, val in name_val:
+        print("export %s='%s'" % (name, val), file=f)