From 763a2520bfea09c3b6252ea36bc3ff10b05eca6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armano <armano2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:56:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(eslint-plugin): [no-var-requires] report when used in
 type assertion (#3074)

---
 packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts    |  1 +
 .../eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts  | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
index 6b958d47ec2..26c49cc9dd2 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
           (parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.VariableDeclarator ||
             parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.CallExpression ||
             parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSAsExpression ||
+            parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAssertion ||
             parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.MemberExpression)
         ) {
           context.report({
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
index 3ae5e243154..688b010e417 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ ruleTester.run('no-var-requires', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: "const foo = <Foo>require('./foo.json');",
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noVarReqs',
+          line: 1,
+          column: 18,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       code: "const foo: Foo = require('./foo.json').default;",
       errors: [