🐛 Dev dependencies are reported as unused

[blake-newman]

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Description of the issue

Currently dev dependencies are reported as unused if they are not included in any entry files.

However, commonly dev dependencies are used in none poduction code. I can't seem to find a way to tell knip that if it's used in a development file then it's okay.

Example configuration:

entry: ['src/index.{ts,tsx}!'],
project: [
  '**/*.{ts,tsx,vue}!',
  '!**/*.{bench,test,test-d}.{ts,tsx}!',
]

If a dev dependency is used in a test file it will still report as unused, the only way to resolve would be to include the test files as entry points. However; this is really slow (our monorepo won't run knip with that setting as it just hangs).

[webpro]

A reproduction is required, not sure exactly what you're doing and what you're expecting.

Did you add the --production or --strict flag? In strict production mode it won't report dev dependencies.

our monorepo won't run knip with that setting as it just hangs

You could try --isolate-workspaces.

[webpro]

Closing due to inactivity.