Errors with cli mode.

[ckruppe]

The script throws errors if run as cli tool:

const package = require('../package.json');
      ^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected strict mode reserved word
    at compileSourceTextModule (node:internal/modules/esm/utils:340:16)
    at ModuleLoader.moduleStrategy (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:102:18)
    at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:433:12)
    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:480:27)
    at async ModuleJob._link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:112:19)

Node.js v22.11.0

And after i fixed it manually it breaks with this error:

const { Command } = require('commander');
                    ^

ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead
This file is being treated as an ES module because it has a '.js' file extension and 'C:\Users\christoph\node_global\node_modules\dead-code-checker\package.json' contains "type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use the '.cjs' file extension.
    at file:///C:/Users/christoph/node_global/node_modules/dead-code-checker/bin/index.js:2:21
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:268:25)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:543:26)
    at async asyncRunEntryPointWithESMLoader (node:internal/modules/run_main:116:5)

Node.js v22.11.0

[zhimin-z]

I am having the exact same issue, how do you fix it eventually? @ckruppe

[ckruppe]

@zhimin-z would have to look at the code. But i fixed it locally with overriding the code itself. But as we needed it for our CI/CD pipeline we switched to another tool. Named Knip. https://knip.dev/