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+"""Simple utility bazel macros for convenience usage."""
+
+load("@npm//typescript:index.bzl", "tsc")
+
+def transpile_js_to_es5(name, js_file):
+    """Transpiles a provided javascript target to es5.
+
+    For testing on IE, shims must be served in es5, this macro can be used to
+    transpile es2015 JS shims to es5 for usage in IE testing.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    transpile_js_to_es5(
+        name = "my-file",
+        js_file = "@npm//some_package/shim_files/es6_shim_file.js",
+    )
+
+    filegroup(
+        name = "some_shims_for_tests",
+        testonly = True,
+        srcs = [
+            ":my-file",
+            ...
+        ]
+    )
+    """
+    tsc(
+        name = name,
+        outs = [
+            "%s.js" % name,
+        ],
+        args = [
+            # Allow JS files to be used for transpiling
+            "--allowJs",
+            # Skip lib check as pure local javascript transpiling should be done
+            "--skipLibCheck",
+            # Transpile to ES5
+            "--target ES5",
+            # Output the transpiled file to the location provided by the name
+            "--outFile $(execpath :%s.js)" % name,
+            # Transpile the provided js_file
+            "$(execpath %s)" % js_file,
+        ],
+        data = [
+            js_file,
+        ],
+    )