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+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+require('../src/setup_node_env');
+require('../src/dev/run_find_plugins_ready_migrate_to_ts_refs');
diff --git a/src/dev/run_find_plugins_ready_migrate_to_ts_refs.ts b/src/dev/run_find_plugins_ready_migrate_to_ts_refs.ts
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+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import Path from 'path';
+import Fs from 'fs';
+import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { run, KibanaPlatformPlugin } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { getPluginDeps, findPlugins } from './plugin_discovery';
+
+interface AllOptions {
+  id?: string;
+  examples?: boolean;
+  extraPluginScanDirs?: string[];
+}
+
+run(
+  async ({ flags, log }) => {
+    const { examples = false, extraPluginScanDirs = [] } = flags as AllOptions;
+
+    const pluginMap = findPlugins({
+      oss: false,
+      examples,
+      extraPluginScanDirs,
+    });
+
+    const readyToMigrate = new Set<KibanaPlatformPlugin>();
+    for (const pluginId of pluginMap.keys()) {
+      const { deps, errors } = getPluginDeps({
+        pluginMap,
+        id: pluginId,
+      });
+
+      if (deps.size === 0 && errors.size === 0) {
+        readyToMigrate.add(pluginMap.get(pluginId)!);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const notMigratedPlugins = [...readyToMigrate].filter(
+      (plugin) => !isMigratedToTsProjectRefs(plugin.directory)
+    );
+    if (notMigratedPlugins.length > 0) {
+      log.info(
+        `Dependencies ready to migrate to TS project refs:\n${notMigratedPlugins
+          .map((p) => p.manifest.id)
+          .join('\n')}`
+      );
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    flags: {
+      boolean: ['examples'],
+      string: ['id'],
+      default: {
+        examples: false,
+      },
+      allowUnexpected: false,
+      help: `
+        --examples            Include examples folder
+        --extraPluginScanDirs Include extra scan folder
+      `,
+    },
+  }
+);
+
+function isMigratedToTsProjectRefs(dir: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const path = Path.join(dir, 'tsconfig.json');
+    const content = Fs.readFileSync(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    return get(JSON.parse(content), 'compilerOptions.composite', false);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}