Help with alias

[magick93]

Hello

I'm trying to get started with shadcn-svelte.

I've installed the cli and go with the defaults, and installed the card component.

When I run pnpm check I get several errors regarding the "$lib" alias, for example:

Cannot find module '$lib/utils' or its corresponding type declarations.ts(2307)

Interestingly, if I use any of the following variations, the results are always the same in .svelte-kit/tsconfig.json:

• $lib: "./src/lib"
• '$lib': "src/lib"
• $lib: "hello world!!" - yes, even using this, the generated tsconfig.json value does not change.
• If I add other aliases then these are added, as written in the svelte.config.js file, but the $lib entry seems to come from somewhere else, and any attempts to change it are ignored.

The value in the .sveltekit/tsconfig.json is:

"compilerOptions": {
		"paths": {
			"$lib": [
				"../src/lib"
			],
			"$lib/*": [
				"../src/lib/*"
			]
		},

If I ls ./src/lib/ I see the following:

components  index.js  utils.ts

So, the setting looks correct, but for some reason pnpm check and vscode seem to have problems with the alias.

Any help is appreciated.

---

I see from the sveltekit docs that $lib is built in:

The built-in $lib alias is controlled by config.kit.files.lib as it is used for packaging.

Nonetheless, I dont understand why it isnt working.

[imme-emosol]

What is pnpm check ?