typescript-missing-nounusedlocals-error-for-react-with-new-jsx-transform

microsoft/TypeScript#41882

Steps

1. Run yarn
2. Run yarn typecheck

Done in 1.98s.

3. Replace index.tsx file content with the following code:

import React from "react";

export function Foo() {
  return <div />;
}

4. Run yarn typecheck

index.tsx:1:1 - error TS6133: 'React' is declared but its value is never read.

1 import React from "react";
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Found 1 error.

Result

The first run does not throw the error unlike the second one.