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Docs: Explain how to get around "not portable" TypeScript type errors #7605

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Following up on #5032 -> #5036, it's still easy to get a dreaded "The inferred type of '...' cannot be named without a reference to '.../node_modules/@typescript-eslint/utils/dist/ts-eslint/Rule.js'. This is likely not portable. A type annotation is necessary." TypeScript type error when using ESLintUtils.RuleCreator:

import { ESLintUtils } from "@typescript-eslint/utils";

export const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator((name) => `.../${name}.md`);
//           ~~~~~~~~~~
// The inferred type of 'createRule' cannot be named without a reference to
// '../../node_modules/@typescript-eslint/utils/dist/ts-eslint/Rule.js'.
// This is likely not portable. A type annotation is necessary.

How do we recommend third party packages do this?

Also mentioned by @Josh-Cena on the Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1026804805894672454/1130171307909202021/1130171307909202021. And stumbled onto (again) by me in JoshuaKGoldberg/eslint-plugin-expect-type@2660939.

Interestingly, DefinitelyTyped-tools doesn't seem to have this issue... https://github.com/microsoft/DefinitelyTyped-tools/blob/b6b22fc00eebbcfa26120cc314c3f7d2179106ba/packages/eslint-plugin/src/util.ts

I'd consider this issue to be a more specific subset of #5444.

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https://typescript-eslint.io/developers/custom-rules

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