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+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from typer.testing import CliRunner
+
+from create_awesome_python_app.cli import app
+
+runner = CliRunner()
+
+
+def test_help_smoke() -> None:
+    assert runner.invoke(app, ["--help"]).exit_code == 0
+
+
+def test_scaffold_file(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CPA_SKIP_GIT", "1")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "1")
+    tpl = tmp_path / "tpl"
+    (tpl / "template").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (tpl / "template" / "a.txt").write_text("a")
+    dest = tmp_path / "app"
+    # Options must come before the project_directory argument (Typer parsing).
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        app,
+        [
+            "--template",
+            f"file://{tpl}",
+            "--no-install",
+            "--no-interactive",
+            str(dest),
+        ],
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout + result.stderr
+    assert (dest / "a.txt").read_text() == "a"