Add public client from config to sendDeploymentTransaction and deployContract functions

Author: dkeysil

packages/hardhat-viem/src/internal/contracts.ts

@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ export async function deployContract(
 ): Promise<GetContractReturnType> {
   const {
     walletClient: configWalletClient,
+    publicClient: configPublicClient,
     confirmations,
     ...deployContractParameters
   } = config;
   const [publicClient, walletClient, contractArtifact] = await Promise.all([
-    getPublicClient(network.provider),
+    configPublicClient ?? getPublicClient(network.provider),
     configWalletClient ??
       getDefaultWalletClient(network.provider, network.name),
     artifacts.readArtifact(contractName),
@@ -119,10 +120,14 @@ export async function sendDeploymentTransaction(
   contract: GetContractReturnType;
   deploymentTransaction: GetTransactionReturnType;
 }> {
-  const { walletClient: configWalletClient, ...deployContractParameters } =
+  const { 
+    walletClient: configWalletClient, 
+    publicClient: configPublicClient, 
+    ...deployContractParameters 
+  } =
     config;
   const [publicClient, walletClient, contractArtifact] = await Promise.all([
-    getPublicClient(network.provider),
+    configPublicClient ?? getPublicClient(network.provider),
     configWalletClient ??
       getDefaultWalletClient(network.provider, network.name),
     artifacts.readArtifact(contractName),

packages/hardhat-viem/src/types.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export type TestClientMode = Parameters<
 
 export interface SendTransactionConfig {
   walletClient?: WalletClient;
+  publicClient?: PublicClient;
   gas?: bigint;
   gasPrice?: bigint;
   maxFeePerGas?: bigint;