📝 Improve docs after split

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1. Clone the repository.
2. Install Node.js >= 26 — see [.node-version](./.node-version); the exact pinned
version is what CI and the runner image use.
3. `npm install`.
3. `npm ci`.
4. `npm run setup` — the one-time clone configuration (currently registers the
commit-message template).
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- **Build:** `npm run build`
- **Test:** `npm run test`, `npm run test:ci`
- **Watch:** `npm run watch`
- **Watch:** `npm run watch` - re-runs tests on file save, humans only
- **Checks:** `npm run check`, `npm run fix`
- **Verify:** `npm run verify` — the definition of done
- **Maintenance:** `npm run maintain` — advisory only
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## Synopsis
```sh
npm install tiny-pattern-ts
```
```ts
import { match, P } from "tiny-pattern-ts";
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reply("yes"); // "agreed"
```
### Requirements
- **Node.js >= 26** (`engines` field; pinned via `.node-version`).
- **TypeScript >= 5.0** to consume the published declarations. The emitted `.d.ts`
use `const` type parameters (TS 5.0) and keep their relative `.ts` specifiers;
both resolve on TS >= 5.0 in `node10` / `node16` / `nodenext` / `bundler`.
- The package is **ESM-only** (no CommonJS shim).
## Description
`tiny-pattern-ts` gives TypeScript the shape of F#-style pattern matching:
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[development/library.md](./development/library.md) for the design decisions and
the known limitations.
## Requirements
- **Node.js >= 26** (`engines` field; pinned via `.node-version`).
- **TypeScript >= 5.0** to consume the published declarations. The emitted `.d.ts`
use `const` type parameters (TS 5.0) and keep their relative `.ts` specifiers;
both resolve on TS >= 5.0 in `node10` / `node16` / `nodenext` / `bundler`.
- The package is **ESM-only** (no CommonJS shim).
## Examples
### Literal matching and `exhaustive()`
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## API
### `match(value)`
```ts
const match: <T>(value: T) => MatchBuilder<T, never>;
```
Starts a matching chain for `value`. The builder is immutable: every `.with`
returns a new builder, so a partially built chain can be reused.
#### `.with(pattern, handler)`
```ts
with<U extends T, V>(pattern: Matcher<U>, handler: (value: U) => V): MatchBuilder<T, R | V>;
```
Adds a case. `handler` receives the value narrowed to `U`, and its return type
`V` is added to the builder's result union `R`. A pattern whose narrowed type is
not assignable to the matched value's type is a compile error.
#### `.exhaustive()`
```ts
exhaustive(): R;
```
Returns the result of the first matching case. Throws
`tiny-pattern-ts: match.exhaustive() called with no matching case` if none
matched. It does not statically prove that every union member is covered.
#### `.otherwise(handler)`
```ts
otherwise(handler: (value: T) => R): R;
```
Like a final catch-all case: runs `handler` if no earlier case matched. Unlike
`.exhaustive()`, it never throws.
### `P.literal(value)`
```ts
const P.literal: <const L extends string | number | boolean | null | undefined>(
value: L,
) => Matcher<L>;
```
Matches a single literal with `===` and narrows to its literal type.
### `P.type(type)`
```ts
const P.type: <T>(
type: "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "bigint" | "symbol" | "undefined" | "object" | "function",
) => Matcher<T>;
```
Matches a `typeof` result and narrows to the explicitly supplied `T`. `T` is not
inferred from the name, so the type parameter and the runtime name must agree.
### `P.when(predicate)`
```ts
const P.when: <T>(predicate: (value: unknown) => value is T) => Matcher<T>;
```
Wraps a type guard as a matcher. This is the constructor to prefer when you can
express the check as a guard.
### `P.any(predicate)`
```ts
const P.any: <T>(predicate: (value: unknown) => boolean) => Matcher<T>;
```
Wraps a boolean predicate and declares the narrowed type `T` yourself. Use it
only when a type guard is not expressible; prefer `P.when`.
### `P.shape(shape, refine?)`
```ts
const P.shape: <S extends object, T extends S>(
shape: S,
refine?: (value: S) => value is T,
) => Matcher<T>;
```
Matches an object that has every key of `shape`. A shape value that is a
`Matcher` is applied; otherwise the value is compared with `===`. Pass `refine`
to narrow to `T`; without it, the matched type is `S`.
### Types
```ts
interface Matcher<T> {
readonly matches: (value: unknown) => value is T;
}
type Pattern<T> = Matcher<T>;
```
Every pattern constructor returns a `Matcher<T>`. `Pattern<T>` is an alias kept
for readability.
Yet to be implemented
## License
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#### Rejected
- Downloading Node in every job — the ~50 MB fetch was the original problem.
- Gitea Pages / Codecov for coverage — neither was confirmed available or wanted
(see [Coverage serving](#coverage-serving)).
- Caching Proxy (Squid or similar) — adds complexity to global setup
- Mounting the tool cache - No invalidation will fill the cache with stale versions
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The type-level design of the public API and the limitations it carries. The
user-facing reference is [README § API](../README.md#api).
## A type guard is the single primitive
#### Decision (2026-09)
Every pattern constructor returns a `Matcher<T>` whose only member is
`matches: (value: unknown) => value is T`; `Pattern<T>` is an alias.
#### Why
- A type guard is the one TypeScript construct that both narrows in an `if` and
composes into a chain, so the library needs no DSL and no transpiler.
- Because `matches` narrows, `match(value).with(pattern, handler)` types the
handler with no cast and no runtime tag.
- `Pattern<T>` is an alias, so either name is the same type.
## The builder is immutable
#### Decision (2026-09)
`.with` returns a new builder rather than mutating the current one.
#### Why
- A partially built chain can be stored and reused without one call site
affecting another.
- `.with` widens the result type to `R | V`, which cannot be represented by a
value that changes type in place.
## `exhaustive()` is a runtime check
#### Decision (2026-09)
`.exhaustive()` throws when no case matched; it does not statically prove that
every member of the input union has a case.
#### Why
- Proving coverage through a fluent chain would need a compiler plugin or a
builder that tracks an uncovered-member set — out of proportion to this
library's size.
- The union of handler return types is still type-safe; only the chain's
completeness is unchecked.
#### Known issue
- A missing case is a runtime `Error`, not a compile error. A caller wants
either an `.otherwise(...)` (which never throws) or to prove coverage
themselves. Tracking uncovered members is a possible future change.
## `P.type` takes the type as a parameter
#### Decision (2026-09)
`P.type<T>(name)` requires the caller to supply `T`; it is not inferred from the
`typeof` string.
#### Why
- A runtime string cannot carry a TypeScript type; the caller pairs the two, and
the compiler only checks that `T` is used consistently afterwards.
#### Known issue
- `T` and the runtime `name` can disagree (`P.type<number>("string")` compiles),
because nothing ties them together. Prefer `P.when` with a real type guard. A
name-to-type conditional mapping is a possible future change.
## `P.shape` narrows only through `refine`
#### Decision (2026-09)
`P.shape<S, T>(shape, refine?)` returns `Matcher<T>`, defaulting to `Matcher<S>`
without a `refine`.
#### Why
- The shape's values may be matchers, so `S` describes the check, not the value;
the `refine` guard is the explicit point where the value narrows to `T`.
- Keys are checked with `in` rather than requiring an exact match, so a shape can
match a wider object — which is how discriminated unions are handled.
#### Known issue
- Without `refine` a discriminated-union case does not narrow, so `P.shape`
alone is easy to misuse. Prefer `P.when` when a guard is already available.
## `P.any` exists for non-guard predicates
#### Decision (2026-09)
`P.any<T>(predicate)` takes a boolean predicate and a declared `T`.
#### Why
- Some checks are cheap as a boolean but awkward as a type guard (for example an
`every` over an array); `P.any` is the escape hatch.
#### Known issue
- As with `P.type`, the declared `T` is not proven by the predicate. Prefer
`P.when` whenever the check can be written as a guard.
Currently the library is placeholder code.
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The version is derived from the graduated `## [x.y.z]` heading in
[CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) and written to `package.json` +
`package-lock.json` by `npm version`. The README has no version line and does
not link `package.json`.
`package-lock.json` by `npm version`.
#### Why
- `release.sh` reads the version from the changelog, so the changelog is the
input and `package.json` the derived copy — one direction, no drift.
- npm and Gitea render the version from package metadata, so a README copy would
be a third place to update for no reader benefit, and a link would only move
the lookup, not remove the copy.
#### Rejected
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- The package is intentionally ESM-only (no CommonJS shim), so CJS resolution
scenarios are out of scope by design, not a bug.
### `tslib` and `type-fest` are deliberately not used
### `tslib` is deliberately not used
#### Decision (2026-09)
Neither `tslib` nor `type-fest` is a dependency.
`tslib` is not a dependency.
#### Why
- `tslib` is a runtime helper for old ES3/ES5 targets; this project targets
ES2024.
- `type-fest` was never imported.
- `knip` flagged both, the same signal that keeps the list honest.
## Git hooks and script wiring