Node globals handling in Typescript

.gitignore

/node_modules
/input.js

input.ts

// This should fail unless we target CommonJS.
// It could succeed when targeting CommonJS.
const s: string = __dirname;

package-lock.json

{
  "name": "demo-node-globals",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "lockfileVersion": 1,
  "requires": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/node": {
      "version": "13.7.1",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-13.7.1.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-Zq8gcQGmn4txQEJeiXo/KiLpon8TzAl0kmKH4zdWctPj05nWwp1ClMdAVEloqrQKfaC48PNLdgN/aVaLqUrluA=="
    },
    "typescript": {
      "version": "3.7.5",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.7.5.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-/P5lkRXkWHNAbcJIiHPfRoKqyd7bsyCma1hZNUGfn20qm64T6ZBlrzprymeu918H+mB/0rIg2gGK/BXkhhYgBw=="
    }
  }
}

package.json

{
  "name": "demo-node-globals",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^13.7.1",
    "typescript": "^3.7.5"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "tsc --module CommonJS input.ts && !(tsc --module ESNext input.ts)"
  }
}

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "noEmit": true,
    "module": "ESNext",
    "types": ["node"]
  }
}