microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Filename with two dollar signs ($$) behaves differently when using paths config

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Description

🔎 Search Terms

"dollar signs", "two dollar signs", "$$", "paths config"

🕗 Version & Regression Information
  • This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about (nothing relevant found in FAQ)
⏯ Playground Link

https://github.com/its-jman/ts-dollar-import-repro

💻 Code
// The files: "code", "$code", and "$$code" all exist. "$$$$code" does not.
// However, the first line is the only one that has an error:
// "'"~server/$$code"' has no exported member named 'test2'. Did you mean 'test1'?"
import {test2 as test2_error} from "~server/$$code"
import {test2 as test2_working} from "~server/$$$$code"
import {test1} from "~server/$code"
import {test0} from "~server/code"

import {test2 as test2_2} from "./server/$$code"
import {test1 as test1_2} from "./server/$code"
import {test0 as test0_2} from "./server/code"
🙁 Actual behavior

It appears that $$ gets escaped / interpreted as reduced to a single $ but ONLY when using paths config.

🙂 Expected behavior

The filename imported matches the filename that you've written.

Additional information about the issue

Suggested cause / solution mentioned in responses on TS Discord here: https://discord.com/channels/508357248330760243/1357697438990995488/1357697438990995488

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