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+/*
+This file is part of the Notesnook project (https://notesnook.com/)
+
+Copyright (C) 2023 Streetwriters (Private) Limited
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+const IS_WATCH = process.argv.includes("--watch");
+const TSC =
+  process.platform === "win32"
+    ? path.join(__dirname, "..", "node_modules", ".bin", "tsc.cmd")
+    : path.join(__dirname, "..", "node_modules", ".bin", "tsc");
+
+const esmPackageJson = {
+  type: "module"
+};
+
+await Promise.all([
+  cmd(
+    TSC,
+    "--noCheck",
+    "--declaration",
+    "false",
+    "--module",
+    "commonjs",
+    "--outDir",
+    "dist/cjs",
+    IS_WATCH ? "--watch" : ""
+  ),
+  cmd(
+    TSC,
+    "--noCheck",
+    "--declaration",
+    "false",
+    "--module",
+    "esnext",
+    "--outDir",
+    "dist/esm",
+    IS_WATCH ? "--watch" : ""
+  ),
+  cmd(
+    TSC,
+    "--emitDeclarationOnly",
+    "--outDir",
+    "dist/types",
+    IS_WATCH ? "--watch" : ""
+  ),
+  fs
+    .mkdir("dist/esm", { recursive: true })
+    .then(() =>
+      fs.writeFile(
+        "dist/esm/package.json",
+        JSON.stringify(esmPackageJson, null, 2)
+      )
+    )
+]);
+
+function cmd(...command) {
+  let p = spawn(command[0], command.slice(1), { shell: true });
+  return new Promise((resolveFunc) => {
+    p.stdout.on("data", (x) => {
+      process.stdout.write(x.toString());
+    });
+    p.stderr.on("data", (x) => {
+      process.stderr.write(x.toString());
+    });
+    p.on("exit", (code) => {
+      console.log(command.join(" "), "exited with code", code);
+      resolveFunc(code);
+    });
+  });
+}