diff --git a/src/test-utils/getFragment.ts b/src/test-utils/getFragment.ts
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+++ b/src/test-utils/getFragment.ts
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+import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+export const getFragment = (
+  dir: string,
+  name: string,
+  fragmentsDir = 'fragments'
+): string => {
+  const target = path.resolve(dir, `${fragmentsDir}/${name}`)
+  // just return the file content for now
+  return fs.readFileSync(target, 'utf-8')
+}
diff --git a/src/test-utils/index.ts b/src/test-utils/index.ts
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+++ b/src/test-utils/index.ts
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+export * from './getFragment'