Add public client to getContractAtConfig

Author: dkeysil

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

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export async function getContractAt(
   config: GetContractAtConfig = {}
 ): Promise<GetContractReturnType> {
   const [publicClient, walletClient, contractArtifact] = await Promise.all([
-    getPublicClient(network.provider),
+    config.publicClient ?? getPublicClient(network.provider),
     config.walletClient ??
       getDefaultWalletClient(network.provider, network.name),
     artifacts.readArtifact(contractName),

packages/hardhat-viem/src/types.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export type SendDeploymentTransactionConfig = SendTransactionConfig;
 
 export interface GetContractAtConfig {
   walletClient?: WalletClient;
+  publicClient?: PublicClient;
 }
 
 export type GetContractReturnType<