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IAmKale

•Created by IAmKale on 11/5/2024 in #help

Can I import/reference Deno's TypeScript when bundling types?

I have the following import in a script that uses ts-morph to pull some types from TypeScript (TypeScript is currently pulled in via package.json as an entry in devDependencies):

import { version } from 'typescript';

import { version } from 'typescript';

However when I try to run this script using deno run I get the following error:

error: Relative import path "typescript" not prefixed with / or ./ or ../ and not in import map from "file:///Users/me/blah/extract-types.ts"

error: Relative import path "typescript" not prefixed with / or ./ or ../ and not in import map from "file:///Users/me/blah/extract-types.ts"

Which is leading me to believe that TypeScript is not implicitly made global when Deno runs a script, and so I need to specify an entry for it in deno.jsonc's "imports" property. Seems straightforward enough. However, I'm hoping there's a way to do so that says, "use the TypeScript bundled with Deno" instead of having to make sure I keep the declared import in sync with whatever version of Deno I'm using with the project. Is this possible?

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