Reason: Unexpected identifier 'Promise' error on fresh Sveltekit project

[MathiasWP]

Version: Latest
Project type: Svelte(kit)
Language: TypeScript
Package manager: pnpm

Running knip on a Svelte project throws the following error message:

Error loading /Users/user/knip-test/vite.config.ts
Reason: Unexpected identifier 'Promise'
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 2.

I've created a minimal repro here: https://github.com/MathiasWP/knip-sveltekit-bug-repro

[webpro]

This is a known issue, please see https://knip.dev/reference/known-issues

Track #194, #336, #346

[webpro]

Knip v5.1 introduces a new workaround: bunx --bun knip

[MathiasWP]

bunx --bun knip

Using this resulted in the following error:

Computer app ‹main› » bunx --bun knip                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1 ↵
[0.05ms] ".env.development"
1 | (function (process,nextTickQueue,drainMicrotasksFn,reportUncaughtExceptionFn){"use strict";var queue,process,nextTickQueue=nextTickQueue,drainMicrotasks=drainMicrotasksFn,reportUncaughtException=reportUncaughtExceptionFn;function validateFunction(cb){if(typeof cb!=="function"){const err=@makeTypeError(`The "callback" argument must be of type "function". Received type ${typeof cb}`);throw err.code="ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE",err}}var setup=()=>{queue=function createQueue(){class FixedCircularBuffer{constructor(){this.bottom=0,this.top=0,this.list=@newArrayWithSize(2048),this.next=null}isEmpty(){return this.top===this.bottom}isFull(){return(this.top+1&2047)===this.bottom}push(data){this.list[this.top]=data,this.top=this.top+1&2047}shift(){var{list,bottom}=this;const nextItem=list[bottom];if(nextItem===@undefined)return null;return list[bottom]=@undefined,this.bottom=bottom+1&2047,nextItem}}class FixedQueue{constructor(){this.head=this.tail=new FixedCircularBuffer}isEmpty(){return this.head.isEmpty()}push(data){if(this.head.isFull())this.head=this.head.next=new FixedCircularBuffer;this.head.push(data)}shift(){const tail=this.tail,next=tail.shift();if(tail.isEmpty()&&tail.next!==null)this.tail=tail.next,tail.next=null;return next}}return new FixedQueue}();function processTicksAndRejections(){var tock;do{while((tock=queue.shift())!==null){var{callback,args,frame}=tock,restore=@getInternalField(@asyncContext,0);@putInternalField(@asyncContext,0,frame);try{if(args===@undefined)callback();else switch(args.length){case 1:callback(args[0]);break;case 2:callback(args[0],args[1]);break;case 3:callback(args[0],args[1],args[2]);break;case 4:callback(args[0],args[1],args[2],args[3]);break;default:callback(...args);break}}catch(e){reportUncaughtException(e)}finally{@putInternalField(@asyncContext,0,restore)}}drainMicrotasks()}while(!queue.isEmpty())}@putInternalField(nextTickQueue,0,0),@putInternalField(nextTickQueue,1,queue),@putInternalField(nextTickQueue,2,processTicksAndRejections),setup=@undefined};function nextTick(cb,args){if(validateFunction(cb),setup)setup(),process=globalThis.process;if(process._exiting)return;queue.push({callback:cb,args:@argumentCount()>1?@Array.prototype.slice.@call(arguments,1):@undefined,frame:@getInternalField(@asyncContext,0)}),@putInternalField(nextTickQueue,0,1)}return nextTick})
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SyntaxError: Import named 'parseArgs' not found in module 'util'.
      at processTicksAndRejections (:1:2602)
error: "knip" exited with code 1 (SIGHUP)

[webpro]

You might be on a version of Bun that doesn't have parseArgs yet, not sure when exactly they introduced. Please try the latest?