🔎 Search Terms

nodenext, module, __dirname

🕗 Version & Regression Information

Version 5.4.5

⏯ Playground Link

No response

💻 Code

package.json

"type": "module"

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "NodeNext"
  },
  "include": ["src"]
}

file.ts

console.log(__dirname)

🙁 Actual behavior

No compiler error, but this causes a runtime error in Node:

ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope

🙂 Expected behavior

That the compiler issues an error similar to the inverse situation.

For example, when targeting CommonJS:

package.json

"type": "commonjs"

file.ts

console.log(import.meta.dirname)

The compiler issues the following error:

error TS1470: The 'import.meta' meta-property is not allowed in files which will build into CommonJS output.

Additional information about the issue

Perhaps there is a good reason for this that I'm not understanding, but I would think tsc should issue an error or warning for any syntax that would produce a runtime error.

Here is a more complete example: https://github.com/knightedcodemonkey/tsc-module-globals

• npm install
• npm run esm (note no compile error but the output causes a runtime error)
• npm run cjs (note there is a compile error)