Incorrect import of firebase/app causing typescript compilation error

[zkhalapyan]

[REQUIRED] Describe your environment

• Operating System version: MacOS X Catalina 10.15.7
• Browser version: Chrome Version 86.0.4240.198 (Official Build) (x86_64
• Firebase library (firebase, firebase-admin, etc...) and version: firebase: 8.0.2, firebase-admin: 9.4.1
• geofirestore-core version: 4.1.2
• geofirestore version: 4.3.0

[REQUIRED] Describe the problem

Describe the bug

See error below:

❯ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc --watch
[4:08:38 PM] Starting compilation in watch mode...

node_modules/geofirestore-core/dist/definitions.d.ts:2:10 - error TS2614: Module '"../../firebase"' has no exported member 'firestore'. Did you mean to use 'import firestore from "../../firebase"' instead?

2 import { firestore as webfirestore } from 'firebase/app';
           ~~~~~~~~~

[4:08:43 PM] Found 1 error. Watching for file changes.

Steps to Reproduce

1. npm install geofirestore
2. Import geofirestore
3. Try to compile typescript

Relevant Code

import * as geofirestore from "geofirestore";

[zkhalapyan]

Ah, I see, this is related to https://github.com/MichaelSolati/geofirestore-core/pull/2/commits/4c1cd29b6d298e0980d59c155d504a864d495e4d. Can we please merge in the pull request? Otherwise, the library is not usable.

[zkhalapyan]

Not able to get geofirestore to [install the pull request's version with the fix](

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64923355/can-you-force-npm-sub-dependency-to-install-from-a-github-pull-request) 😢 Any workarounds you may know?