Prettier Plugin Tidy Imports

A prettier plugin that, sorts, combines, and removes unsused imports from your Javascript/Typescript project.

Example

Before

After

Sorting

Imports are sorted into 4 distinct groups Side Efffect, Namespace, Third Party, and Relative. Every group is then sorted alphabetically except side effect imports as their order matters. Inside third party and relative groups, default imports are placed at the top, and named imports (imports inside {}) are also ordered.

Definitions

• Side Effect - tailwindcss/tailwind.css
• Namespace - import * as yup from "yup"
• Third Party - import { merge } from "lodash"
• Relative - import Utils, { map, filter } from './utils

Typescript Path Aliases

This package doesn't know the difference between third party imports, and aliases defined in your tsconfig.json paths config. If you want to make sure these are grouped separately, you should prefix your aliases with a symbol not used in third party modules such as the tilde (~).

Installation

npm install --save-dev @mattinton/prettier-plugin-tidy-imports

yarn add -D @mattinton/prettier-plugin-tidy-imports

NOTE: This package requires prettier and typescript to be installed as peer dependencies.

Usage Warning

This plugin breaks Prettier's rule of only printing code as this plugin transforms your code by removing/sorting imports. If this concerns you please don't use this package.