4.0.0-beta.7

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We have just updated ts-for-gir to 4.0.0-beta.7. Types can now be generated locally without package.json support, which is now the default. You can try it out directly with:

npx @ts-for-gir/cli generate Adw-1.0

This will generate the types for Libadwaita and all its dependencies, including Gtk 4.0, GObject 2.0, etc.

If you still want to generate types with package.json support, simply use the --package CLI argument. We have also updated them on NPM, including the upcoming types for GNOME Shell 47.

What's Changed

Allow toggling between package.json support and further cleanups from the gi.ts merge by @JumpLink in #176:

• Renamed the CLI argument packageYarn to workspace as other package managers such as PNPM also support this protocol.
• Ambient module definitions are now always generated with and without version prefixes (previously this was only the case for the latest versions). This makes sense as care should be taken not to use the same library in different versions. If needed, it can be prevented with the new generate option onlyVersionPrefix. This fixes Allow all versions to be imported without a version string (e.g. gi://Gtk instead of gi://Gtk?version=4.0) in Finalise the ts-for-gir and gi.ts fusion #158 and possibly Create an import for the latest version in *-ambient.d.ts #174.
• An index.d.ts file is now created for each module, allowing everything for the module (ambient module, imports.gi, and namespace) to be imported.
• Removed synchronous methods that existed twice for the asynchronous variant, originally criticized in copy command #162.
• Added support for type generation without package.json support to fix The buildType option doesn't work yet. #168 and Add gi.d.ts index file #173. For this, there is a new CLI argument package to toggle package.json support.

Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta.6...v4.0.0-beta.7

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This discussion was created from the release 4.0.0-beta.7.