1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/conftest.py b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/conftest.py
index 2ca0c8a..9ef23a3 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/conftest.py
@@ -92,3 +92,26 @@ def opened_ack(session, msg: dict) -> dict:
 
     ctx = session._group_ctx()
     return file_upload_ack_payload(ctx["gek"], session._group_id or "", msg)
+
+
+def patch_cli(monkeypatch, name: str, value) -> None:
+    """Replace `name` wherever `meshbay-node`'s command line reads it.
+
+    Each module of `meshbay_node.cli` imports what it uses by name, so a helper
+    like `_daemon_api` is bound once in every module that calls it, and patching
+    the one that defines it leaves the verbs calling the real thing — which
+    talks to whatever node is running on this machine. `daemon` is included:
+    its `main()` still reads the config path when no verb is given.
+    """
+    import importlib
+    import pkgutil
+
+    import meshbay_node.cli as cli
+    from meshbay_node import daemon
+
+    modules = [daemon] + [importlib.import_module(f"meshbay_node.cli.{m.name}")
+                          for m in pkgutil.iter_modules(cli.__path__)]
+    holders = [m for m in modules if hasattr(m, name)]
+    assert holders, f"no module of the CLI has {name!r} to patch"
+    for module in holders:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(module, name, value)