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tslib
direct dependency migration
What does this migration do?
If you have any libraries within your workspace, this migration will convert tslib
peer dependencies to direct dependencies for the libraries.
TypeScript uses the tslib
package to provide common helper functions used in compiled TypeScript code.
The tslib
version is also updated to 2.0.0
to support TypeScript 3.9.
Before:
{
"name": "my-lib",
"version": "0.0.1",
"peerDependencies": {
"@angular/common": "^9.0.0",
"@angular/core": "^9.0.0",
"tslib": "^1.12.0"
}
}
After:
{
"name": "my-lib",
"version": "0.0.1",
"peerDependencies": {
"@angular/common": "^9.0.0",
"@angular/core": "^9.0.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"tslib": "^2.0.0"
}
}
Why is this migration necessary?
The tslib
is a runtime library for Typescript.
The version of this library is bound to the version of the TypeScript compiler used to compile a library.
Peer dependencies do not accurately represent this relationship between the runtime and the compiler.
If tslib
remained declared as a library peer dependency, it would be possible for some Angular workspaces to get into a state where the workspace could not satisfy tslib
peer dependency requirements for multiple libraries, resulting in build-time or run-time errors.
As of TypeScript 3.9 (used by Angular v10), tslib
version of 2.x is required to build new applications.
However, older libraries built with previous version of TypeScript and already published to npm might need tslib
1.x.
This migration makes it possible for code depending on incompatible versions of the tslib
runtime library to remain interoperable.
Do I still need tslib
as a dependency in my workspace package.json
?
Yes.
The tslib
dependency declared in the package.json
file of the workspace is used to build applications within this workspace, as well as run unit tests for workspace libraries, and is required.