From be76dc79a02ef5aa2b2457da196a086552059bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Hiller <hillerfabian11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:27:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Change reference prop of action base types to be less strict
 #799

---
 library/CHANGELOG.md                |  4 ++++
 library/src/types/metadata.ts       |  3 ++-
 library/src/types/transformation.ts | 10 ++++++----
 library/src/types/validation.ts     | 10 ++++++----
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/library/CHANGELOG.md b/library/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f891e149..9c093644e 100644
--- a/library/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/library/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to the library will be documented in this file.
 
+## vX.X.X (Month DD, YYYY)
+
+- Change `reference` property of all action base types to be less strict (issue #799)
+
 ## v0.40.0 (August 29, 2024)
 
 - Add `nanoid` action to validate Nano IDs (pull request #789)
diff --git a/library/src/types/metadata.ts b/library/src/types/metadata.ts
index d3541c4be..507d28ab5 100644
--- a/library/src/types/metadata.ts
+++ b/library/src/types/metadata.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export interface BaseMetadata<TInput> {
   readonly reference: (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     ...args: any[]
-  ) => BaseMetadata<TInput>;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  ) => BaseMetadata<any>;
   /**
    * Input, output and issue type.
    *
diff --git a/library/src/types/transformation.ts b/library/src/types/transformation.ts
index bdb9e7447..bebc9f5c3 100644
--- a/library/src/types/transformation.ts
+++ b/library/src/types/transformation.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export interface BaseTransformation<
   readonly reference: (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     ...args: any[]
-  ) => BaseTransformation<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  ) => BaseTransformation<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>;
   /**
    * Whether it's async.
    */
@@ -72,9 +73,10 @@ export interface BaseTransformationAsync<
   readonly reference: (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     ...args: any[]
-  ) =>
-    | BaseTransformation<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>
-    | BaseTransformationAsync<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>;
+  ) => // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  | BaseTransformation<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    | BaseTransformationAsync<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>;
   /**
    * Whether it's async.
    */
diff --git a/library/src/types/validation.ts b/library/src/types/validation.ts
index 9a3583733..a64b173ba 100644
--- a/library/src/types/validation.ts
+++ b/library/src/types/validation.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export interface BaseValidation<
   readonly reference: (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     ...args: any[]
-  ) => BaseValidation<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  ) => BaseValidation<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>;
   /**
    * The expected property.
    */
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@ export interface BaseValidationAsync<
   readonly reference: (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     ...args: any[]
-  ) =>
-    | BaseValidation<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>
-    | BaseValidationAsync<TInput, TOutput, TIssue>;
+  ) => // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  | BaseValidation<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    | BaseValidationAsync<any, any, BaseIssue<unknown>>;
   /**
    * Whether it's async.
    */