Overrides

Overrides are a way to quickly modify a MESC configuration without needing to modify any files.

Each override is an environment variable that overrides a specific MESC configuration key.

Each override uses a syntax that is quick and easy to write by hand.

Example usage

The MESC_DEFAULT_ENDPOINT override changes the default endpoint.

Use in a script

Sometimes it might be useful tweak a MESC config for a shell script. This can be achieved by inserting the MESC overrides into the script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export MESC_DEFAULT_ENDPOINT=local_goerli

# ...rest of script that does RPC things

Prepending syntax

Adding VAR_NAME=VAR_VALUE before a cli command will set an environment variable for just that command.

So if before the default url is this:

mesc url
> https://eth.llamarpc.com

Adding the override before the command will change the default url:

MESC_DEFAULT_ENDPOINT=local_goerli mesc url
> localhost:8545

This syntax works for any cli program, not just the mesc cli tool.

List of overrides

Every type of information within a MESC configuration can be modified using overrides: