build: inject createElement alias (#176)

scripts/build/common.mjs

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 */
 
 import { exec, execSync } from "child_process";
-import esbuild from "esbuild";
 import { existsSync } from "fs";
 import { readdir, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ export const fileIncludePlugin = {
 };
 
 /**
- * @type {esbuild.BuildOptions}
+ * @type {import("esbuild").BuildOptions}
  */
 export const commonOpts = {
     logLevel: "info",
@@ -152,5 +151,10 @@ export const commonOpts = {
     sourcemap: watch ? "inline" : "",
     legalComments: "linked",
     plugins: [fileIncludePlugin, gitHashPlugin, gitRemotePlugin],
-    external: ["~plugins", "~git-hash", "~git-remote"]
+    external: ["~plugins", "~git-hash", "~git-remote"],
+    inject: ["./scripts/build/inject/react.mjs"],
+    jsxFactory: "VencordCreateElement",
+    jsxFragment: "VencordFragment",
+    // Work around https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/2460
+    tsconfig: "./scripts/build/tsconfig.esbuild.json"
 };

scripts/build/inject/react.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a modification for Discord's desktop app
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Vendicated and contributors
+ *
+ * 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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+export const VencordFragment = Symbol.for("react.fragment");
+export let VencordCreateElement =
+    (...args) => (VencordCreateElement = Vencord.Webpack.Common.React.createElement)(...args);

scripts/build/tsconfig.esbuild.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Work around https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/2460
+{
+    "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "jsx": "react"
+    }
+}