Type 'typeof import("...@octokit/rest/index") is not a constructor function type

[nwtgck]

This problem is only related to users deploying this repo.

Develop problem

Using npm run build, you will have the following error.

[actions-netlify]$ npm run build

> [email protected] build /...
> tsc

node_modules/@actions/github/lib/github.d.ts:5:37 - error TS2507: Type 'typeof import("/.../node_modules/@octokit/rest/index")' is not a constructor function type.

5 export declare class GitHub extends Octokit {
                                      ~~~~~~~

node_modules/@actions/github/lib/github.d.ts:15:52 - error TS2694: Namespace '"/.../node_modules/@octokit/rest/index"' has no exported member 'Options'.

15     constructor(token: string, opts?: Omit<Octokit.Options, 'auth'>);
                                                      ~~~~~~~

node_modules/@actions/github/lib/github.d.ts:16:31 - error TS2694: Namespace '"/.../node_modules/@octokit/rest/index"' has no exported member 'Options'.

16     constructor(opts: Octokit.Options);
                                 ~~~~~~~

src/main.ts:33:26 - error TS2339: Property 'issues' does not exist on type 'GitHub'.

33       await githubClient.issues.createComment({
                            ~~~~~~


Found 4 errors.

Workaround

You can directly modify ./node_modules/@actions/github/lib/github.d.ts as follows.

- import Octokit from '@octokit/rest';
+ import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest';

[nwtgck]

This should be resolved by actions/toolkit#332.

[nwtgck]

Solved by 245a3b6. The solution was from actions/toolkit#332 (comment). Thanks.