diff --git a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
index f7b4544..e78fe88 100644
--- a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
+++ b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ package Gitolite::Test;
   put
   text
   dump
+  confreset
+  confadd
 );
 #>>>
 use Exporter 'import';
 use File::Path qw(mkpath);
 use Carp qw(carp cluck croak confess);
 
+use Gitolite::Common;
+
 BEGIN {
     require Gitolite::Test::Tsh;
     *{'try'}  = \&Tsh::try;
@@ -65,4 +69,25 @@ sub dump {
     }
 }
 
+sub _confargs {
+    return @_ if ($_[1]);
+    return 'gitolite.conf', $_[0];
+}
+
+sub confreset {
+    system("rm", "-rf", "conf");
+    mkdir("conf");
+    put "conf/gitolite.conf", '
+        repo    gitolite-admin
+            RW+     =   admin
+        repo    testing
+            RW+     =   @all
+';
+}
+
+sub confadd {
+    my ($file, $string) = _confargs(@_);
+    put "|cat >> conf/$file", $string;
+}
+
 1;