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import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import { watch } from 'chokidar';
import * as kit from '@volar/kit';
const tsconfig = getTsconfig();
const project = kit.createProject(tsconfig, [{ extension: 'foo', isMixedContent: true, scriptKind: 7 }]);
const config: kit.Config = {
languages: {
// ...
},
services: {
// ...
},
};
const linter = kit.createLinter(config, project.languageServiceHost);
let req = 0;
update();
createWatcher(path.dirname(tsconfig), ['ts', 'js', 'foo'])
.on('add', (fileName) => {
project.fileCreated(fileName);
update();
})
.on('unlink', (fileName) => {
project.fileDeleted(fileName);
update();
})
.on('change', (fileName) => {
project.fileUpdated(fileName);
update();
});
function createWatcher(rootPath: string, extension: string[]) {
return watch(`${rootPath}/**/*.{${extension.join(',')}}`, {
ignored: (path) => path.includes('node_modules'),
ignoreInitial: true
});
}
async function update() {
const currentReq = ++req;
const isCanceled = () => currentReq !== req;
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
if (isCanceled()) return;
process.stdout.write('\x1Bc'); // clear console
let hasError = false;
for (const fileName of project.languageServiceHost.getScriptFileNames()) {
const errors = await linter.check(fileName);
if (isCanceled()) return;
if (errors.length) {
linter.logErrors(fileName, errors);
hasError = true;
}
}
if (!hasError) {
console.log('No errors');
}
}
function getTsconfig() {
let tsconfig = path.resolve(process.cwd(), './tsconfig.json');
const tsconfigIndex = process.argv.indexOf('--tsconfig');
if (tsconfigIndex >= 0) {
tsconfig = path.resolve(process.cwd(), process.argv[tsconfigIndex + 1]);
}
if (!fs.existsSync(tsconfig)) {
throw `tsconfig.json not found: ${tsconfig}`;
}
return tsconfig;
}
const rootPath = process.cwd();
const fileNames = [
path.resolve(rootPath, './src/a.ts'),
path.resolve(rootPath, './src/b.js'),
path.resolve(rootPath, './src/c.foo'),
];
const project = kit.createInferredProject(rootPath, fileNames);
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```ts import * as fs from 'fs'; import * as path from 'path'; import { watch } from 'chokidar'; import * as kit from '@volar/kit';
The npm package @volar/kit receives a total of 462,216 weekly downloads. As such, @volar/kit popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @volar/kit demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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