💡include line and column number for unused dependencies/devDependencies

[momesana]

Suggest an idea for Knip

Currently we only get the filename (i. e. package.json) for issues of type dependency/devDependency but it would be helpful to include line and column number so a tool displaying the information allows us to jump to the correct code line. In the following JSON fragment you see the output of a sample run with the current version of knip (5.43.6):

"issues": [
    {
      "file": "package.json",
      "dependencies": [
        {
          "name": "@fontsource-variable/noto-sans"
        },
        {
          "name": "@fontsource/noto-sans-jp"
        },
        {
          "name": "@fontsource/noto-sans-kr"
        },
        {
          "name": "@fontsource/noto-sans-mono"
        },
        {
          "name": "@fontsource/noto-sans-sc"
        },
        {
          "name": "@fontsource/noto-sans-tc"
        },
        {
          "name": "chart.js"
        }
      ],
      "devDependencies": [
        {
          "name": "@formatjs/cli"
        },
        {
          "name": "@swc/plugin-formatjs"
        },
        {
          "name": "eslint-plugin-cypress"
        },
        {
          "name": "prettier-plugin-organize-imports"
        }
      ]

As you can see there is no line/column number information provided.

[webpro]

🚀 This issue has been resolved in v5.44.0. See Release 5.44.0 for release notes.

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[webpro]

Thanks for the report, @momesana! You made me do it :)

[momesana]

Thank you very much. Works like a charm!