Support npm:tsx (esbuild)

[birkskyum]

tsx - GitHub

This compiler is used many places in peoples package.json scripts, so it would be great if deno is able to execute it, until it's replaced with i.e. deno everywhere.

Platform

Darwin 22.6.0 arm64 arm

Version

deno 1.37.0

Repro

// index.ts
console.log("Print this");

• deno run npm:tsx index.ts

It actually breaks even without a file provided, so just deno run npm:tsx;

Expected

> Print this

Actual

➜ deno run npm:tsx index.  
error: Uncaught TypeError: ws.WriteStream.prototype.hasColors is not a function
    at file:///Users/admin/repos/compile-with-tsx/node_modules/.deno/tsx@3.12.10/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.js:18:332

[littledivy]

https://github.com/privatenumber/tsx/blob/2c829258a6ca238b7a22c85cc8a09a531267d472/src/run.ts#L39-L40

tsx depends on --require with a preflight CJS.

[marvinhagemeister]

The missing hasColors method error is resolved in main and it fails now with this error:

error: unexpected argument '--require' found

  tip: a similar argument exists: '--quiet'

Usage: deno run --allow-all --quiet [SCRIPT_ARG]...

For more information, try '--help'.

[birkskyum]

deno 2.0.0-rc.2+aaf2bf4

> deno run -A npm:tsx index.ts

error: unexpected argument '--require' found

  tip: to pass '--require' as a value, use '-- --require'

Usage: deno run [OPTIONS] [SCRIPT_ARG]...

[birkskyum]

@marvinhagemeister , is this likely to be upsteam issue with the flag similar to the tauri issue here?

• deno run npm:package - Issue passing args to the npm package #25904