Migrating from unimported

unimported reports dangling files, unused dependencies, and unresolved imports. rev-dep covers all three and folds them into one config with the rest of its checks.

Why migrate

• unimported is archived. It is no longer maintained and its README points elsewhere - so moving off it is overdue.
• Speed and a single pass. rev-dep is Go-based - faster on large repos.
• More checks. On top of unimported's three, rev-dep adds unused exports, missing dependencies, circular imports, and architecture rules.

What carries over, what changes

• Covered well: unimported (orphan) files, unused dependencies, unresolved imports.
• Entry points. unimported derives entry files (or you set entry); rev-dep uses prodEntryPoints/devEntryPoints the same way to anchor reachability.
• Autofix. unimported's --fix removes dangling files; rev-dep's orphanFilesDetection autofix does the same under config run --fix.

Feature mapping

unimported	rev-dep
unimported files	orphanFilesDetection
unused dependencies	unusedNodeModulesDetection
unresolved imports	unresolvedImportsDetection
entry	prodEntryPoints / devEntryPoints
ignoreUnimported	orphan validEntryPoints / ignoreEntryPoints
ignoreUnused	excludeModules
ignoreUnresolved	ignoreImports on unresolvedImportsDetection
ignorePatterns	ignoreFiles
aliases	tsconfig.json paths (read automatically)
--fix	config run --fix (orphan files)

Translating your config

A .unimportedrc.json:

{
  "entry": ["src/index.ts"],
  "ignorePatterns": ["**/*.stories.tsx"],
  "ignoreUnused": ["husky"],
  "ignoreUnresolved": ["virtual:*"]
}

becomes a rev-dep.config.jsonc:

{
  "ignoreFiles": ["**/*.stories.tsx"],
  "rules": [
    {
      "path": ".",
      "prodEntryPoints": ["src/index.ts"],
      "unresolvedImportsDetection": {
        "enabled": true,
        "ignoreImports": ["virtual:*"]
      },
      "unusedNodeModulesDetection": {
        "enabled": true,
        "excludeModules": ["husky"]
      },
      "orphanFilesDetection": {
        "enabled": true,
        "autofix": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

Running it

# unimported
npx unimported

# rev-dep
rev-dep config run
rev-dep config run --fix   # removes dangling files

Next steps

• Verify resolution first with unresolvedImportsDetection - see unresolved imports troubleshooting.
• In monorepos, run orphan-file detection at the root: orphan files and unused exports in shared packages.