fix: add types to help with required nodemon usage

.github/workflows/node.js.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 18.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
         # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
       - name: Release

index.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+type NodemonEventHandler =
+  | 'start'
+  | 'crash'
+  | 'exit'
+  | 'quit'
+  | 'restart'
+  | 'config:update'
+  | 'log'
+  | 'readable'
+  | 'stdout'
+  | 'stderr';
+
+type NodemonEventListener = {
+  on(event: 'start' | 'crash' | 'readable', listener: () => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'log', listener: (e: NodemonEventLog) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'stdout' | 'stderr', listener: (e: string) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'restart', listener: (e?: NodemonEventRestart) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'quit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventQuit) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'exit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventExit) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(
+    event: 'config:update',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventConfig) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+};
+
+type Nodemon = {
+  (options?: NodemonSettings): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'start' | 'crash', listener: () => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'log', listener: (e: NodemonEventLog) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'restart', listener: (e?: NodemonEventRestart) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'quit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventQuit) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(event: 'exit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventExit) => void): Nodemon;
+  on(
+    event: 'config:update',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventConfig) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+
+  // this is repeated because VS Code doesn't autocomplete otherwise
+  addEventListener(event: 'start' | 'crash', listener: () => void): Nodemon;
+  addEventListener(
+    event: 'log',
+    listener: (e: NodemonEventLog) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+  addEventListener(
+    event: 'restart',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventRestart) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+  addEventListener(
+    event: 'quit',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventQuit) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+  addEventListener(
+    event: 'exit',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventExit) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+  addEventListener(
+    event: 'config:update',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventConfig) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+
+  once(event: 'start' | 'crash', listener: () => void): Nodemon;
+  once(event: 'log', listener: (e: NodemonEventLog) => void): Nodemon;
+  once(event: 'restart', listener: (e?: NodemonEventRestart) => void): Nodemon;
+  once(event: 'quit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventQuit) => void): Nodemon;
+  once(event: 'exit', listener: (e?: NodemonEventExit) => void): Nodemon;
+  once(
+    event: 'config:update',
+    listener: (e?: NodemonEventConfig) => void
+  ): Nodemon;
+
+  removeAllListeners(event: NodemonEventHandler): Nodemon;
+  emit(type: NodemonEventHandler, event?: any): Nodemon;
+  reset(callback: Function): Nodemon;
+  restart(): Nodemon;
+  config: NodemonSettings;
+};
+
+type NodemonEventLog = {
+  /**
+    detail*: what you get with nodemon --verbose.
+    status: subprocess starting, restarting.
+    fail: is the subprocess crashing.
+    error: is a nodemon system error.
+  */
+  type: 'detail' | 'log' | 'status' | 'error' | 'fail';
+  /** the plain text message */
+  message: String;
+  /** contains the terminal escape codes to add colour, plus the "[nodemon]" prefix */
+  colour: String;
+};
+
+interface NodemonEventRestart {
+  matched?: {
+    result: string[];
+    total: number;
+  };
+}
+
+type NodemonEventQuit = 143 | 130;
+type NodemonEventExit = number;
+
+// TODO: Define the type of NodemonEventConfig
+type NodemonEventConfig = any;
+
+interface NodemonSettings {
+  /* restartable defaults to "rs" as a string the user enters */
+  restartable?: false | String;
+  colours?: Boolean;
+  execMap?: { [key: string]: string };
+  ignoreRoot?: string[];
+  watch?: string[];
+  stdin?: boolean;
+  runOnChangeOnly?: boolean;
+  verbose?: boolean;
+  signal?: string;
+  stdout?: boolean;
+  watchOptions?: WatchOptions;
+}
+
+interface WatchOptions {
+  ignorePermissionErrors: boolean;
+  ignored: string;
+  persistent: boolean;
+  usePolling: boolean;
+  interval: number;
+}

jsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "typeRoots": ["./index.d.ts", "./node_modules/@types"],
+    "checkJs": true
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}

lib/nodemon.js

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ var eventHandlers = {};
 // stable module API
 config.required = utils.isRequired;
 
+/**
+ * @param {NodemonSettings} settings
+ * @returns {Nodemon}
+ */
 function nodemon(settings) {
   bus.emit('boot');
   nodemon.reset();

package.json

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "terminal"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
+  "types": "./index.d.ts",
   "main": "./lib/nodemon",
   "scripts": {
     "commitmsg": "commitlint -e",