From adaf6f3de920a1f252c9c3e03b5e2746e3c615ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebastienlorber <lorber.sebastien@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:55:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add DOCUSAURUS_CURRENT_LOCALE for start script + cleanup

---
 packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts | 1 +
 packages/docusaurus/src/commands/start.ts | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
index 3ee64e50f750..9d33f8bc8392 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export async function build(
 ): Promise<string> {
   process.env.BABEL_ENV = 'production';
   process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
+  process.env.DOCUSAURUS_CURRENT_LOCALE = cliOptions.locale;
 
   const siteDir = await fs.realpath(siteDirParam);
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/start.ts
index 3dab36e0b6f4..86440fd2d286 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ export async function start(
   siteDirParam: string = '.',
   cliOptions: Partial<StartCLIOptions> = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
+  // Temporary workaround to unlock the ability to translate the site config
+  // We'll remove it if a better official API can be designed
+  // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/4542
+  process.env.DOCUSAURUS_CURRENT_LOCALE = cliOptions.locale;
+
   const siteDir = await fs.realpath(siteDirParam);
 
-  process.env.NODE_ENV = 'development';
-  process.env.BABEL_ENV = 'development';
   logger.info('Starting the development server...');
 
   function loadSite() {