Preserve exact string type

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Description

import {css} from 'code-tag';

const exactString = `.class {}`
      // ^? ".class {}"
const justString = css`.class {}`;
      // ^? string

Contributor guide

Research direction

Investigate TypeScript's template literal types and modify the return type of the `css` tagged template to preserve the input string literal type.

Tech stack

typescript

Domain

developer experience

Issue type

Feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

Half day

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Active

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

TypeScript

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

50