`simpleGit` is not callable in TypeScript ESM

Thanks for this awesome utility!

I tried to use it in an TypeScript ESM module, but running simpleGit() gets me an error from TypeScript:

import simpleGit, {SimpleGit} from 'simple-git'

const git: SimpleGit = simpleGit()

// Output:
error TS2349: This expression is not callable.
  Type 'typeof import("$repo_root/node_modules/simple-git/dist/typings/index")' has no call signatures.

When I ignore the error (using @ts-ignore:next-line), it runs just fine, therefore I suspect it is an error in the type definition or something

Notes

1. I created a TypeScript project that outputs an ESM module based on @sindresorhus’ recommendations.

2. I tested this using typescript@4.7.3 and typescript@4.3.5; same results.

3. I used simple-git@3.7.1.

[tukusejssirs]

The issues relating to redis and @types/cache-manager-redis-store are unexpected - they’re not in the dependency graph for the simple-git workspace.

Of course! For some reason I didn’t read the error. Sorry for the report of this error.

I am happy to add a named export so you would switch to:

import { simpleGit, SimpleGit } from 'simple-git';

Yeah, thanks, it fixes the issue. 🙏

Just a note: wouldn’t it be better to rename simpleGit to something else? Its name is same as SimpleGit (apart from the casing). Also, don’t you think it should have capital initial letter?

[steveukx]

You can now use version 3.10.0 in your ESM TypeScript application, but please be advised that you will need to import the named simpleGit export rather than relying on the default export.

(Default exports remain available for backward compatibility with any application still using CJS).