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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import path from 'path';
+import {load} from './index';
+import {Props} from '@docusaurus/types';
+
+// Helper methods to setup dummy/fake projects
+export const loadSetup = async (name: string): Promise<Props> => {
+  const fixtures = path.join(__dirname, '__tests__', '__fixtures__');
+  const simpleSite = path.join(fixtures, 'simple-site');
+  const customSite = path.join(fixtures, 'custom-site');
+
+  switch (name) {
+    case 'custom':
+      return load(customSite);
+    case 'simple':
+    default:
+      return load(simpleSite);
+  }
+};