import-js/eslint-plugin-import

"Multiple exports of name 'xxx' import/export" error is thrown if types are exported

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#3,136 opened on Jan 4, 2025

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Description

We have the following two files in the package:

m.ts

export interface Foo {}

export function f(foo: Foo): void {
}

index.ts

export {f} from 'm';
export type * from 'm';

Actual result:

While linting this code the plugin prints the following error for index.ts:

Multiple exports of name 'f' import/export

Expected result:

I don't expect the error to be thrown for the above case as the second expression in index.ts exports types, so there should be no duplicates.

Plugin version: 2.31.0

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Research direction
Investigate the rule that throws 'Multiple exports of name' error and modify its export detection to recognize type only exports (export type * from) as non duplicate.
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javascripttypescript
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