knex 0.16 doesn't support knexfiles written in TypeScript

Environment

Knex version: 0.16.3 Database + version: docker postgres:10.4 OS: Windows 10 Pro & Docker node:8.14.0

Bug

1. knex migrate:make --knexfile knexfile.ts
2. Error message: Unexpected token import

Works normally on 0.15.x

[Bessonov]

@brunolm why are you so ignorant?

diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index c0f8bff..0906f51 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn --poll --no-notify src/index.ts",
     "\n# Database": "",
     "migrate": "knex migrate:latest --knexfile ./src/db/knexfile.ts",
-    "migrate-make": "knex migrate:make --knexfile ./src/db/knexfile.ts",
+    "migrate-make": "knex migrate:make --cwd src/db",
     "seed": "knex seed:run --knexfile ./src/db/knexfile.ts",
     "seed-make": "knex seed:make --knexfile ./src/db/knexfile.ts",
     "\n# Testing": "",

api_1    | > knex16@1.0.0 migrate-make /usr/src/app
api_1    | > knex migrate:make --cwd src/db "test"
api_1    | 
api_1    | Requiring external module ts-node/register
api_1    | Working directory changed to /usr/src/app/src/db
api_1    | Created Migration: /usr/src/app/src/db/migrations/20190723173751_test.ts

[cham11ng]

I was facing the same issue with Knex version 0.16.3.

import * as Knex from 'knex';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:617:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)

This solution is not encouraged but I simply fixed it by simply adding ts-node/register at the beginning of knexfile.ts file.

require('ts-node/register');
//