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eslint-plugin-validate-esm
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TypeScript [doesn't transform extensions](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/16577) and [doesn't enforce file extensions](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/42813).
TypeScript doesn't transform extensions and doesn't enforce file extensions.
This is a simple eslint plugin that ensures that relative imports and exports have .js extensions.
Credit for the original implementation goes to johnrees. ❤️
npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-require-extensions
.eslintrc{
"extends": [
"plugin:require-extensions/recommended"
],
"plugins": [
"require-extensions"
]
}
// source.js
import Target from './target';
eslint .
source.js
1:1 error Relative imports and exports must end with .js require-extensions/require-extensions
eslint --fix .
// source.js
import Target from './target.js';
FAQs
TypeScript [doesn't transform extensions](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/16577) and [doesn't enforce file extensions](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/42813).
The npm package eslint-plugin-validate-esm receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, eslint-plugin-validate-esm popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that eslint-plugin-validate-esm demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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