Add types for require.context

[ProchaLu]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

Feature request

Currently, Metro supports require.context, added in this PR, but it lacks built-in type definitions. This makes it more challenging to use require.context effectively as there's no code completion, error checking, or refactoring support for its arguments.

Property 'context' does not exist on type 'NodeRequire'.

Right now, I have to create a types file and add the following content from @EvanBacon's Metro-Context-Modules-Demo repo, having them included by default in Metro would be a great improvement.

Including type definitions for require.context would significantly improve the developer experience by enabling these features and making code using require.context more robust and maintainable.

[ProchaLu]

Here's a related issue on the Facebook React Native repo

• Update types for require and require.context react-native#41421

This PR discusses adding types for require.context. Do you believe it's still necessary to implement types for require.context separately, given the potential for including them directly in Metro?