feat: expose hre to the hardhat console's context

Author: galargh

v-next/hardhat/src/internal/builtin-plugins/console/task-action.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ const consoleAction: NewTaskActionFunction<ConsoleActionArguments> = async (
       resolve(replServer);
     });
 
+    // Add the Hardhat Runtime Environment to the REPL context
+    replServer.context.hre = _hre;
+
     // Set up the REPL history file if the historyPath has been set
     if (historyPath !== undefined) {
       replServer.setupHistory(historyPath, (err: Error | null) => {

v-next/hardhat/test/internal/builtin-plugins/console/task-action.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ describe("console/task-action", function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("context", function () {
+    it("should expose the Hardhat Runtime Environment", async function () {
+      const replServer = await consoleAction(
+        {
+          commands: ["console.log(hre);", ".exit"],
+          history: "",
+          options,
+        },
+        hre,
+      );
+      assert.equal(replServer.lastError, undefined);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("history", function () {
     let cacheDir: string;
     let history: string;