typescript-eslint · JoshuaKGoldberg · Mar 3, 2025 · Feb 4, 2025 · Feb 4, 2025 · Feb 4, 2025
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/unified-signatures.mdx b/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/unified-signatures.mdx
@@ -78,6 +78,50 @@ function f(b: string): void;
 </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
+### `ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc`
+
+{/* insert option description */}
+
+Examples of code for this rule with `ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc`:
+
+<Tabs>
+<TabItem value="❌ Incorrect">
+
+```ts option='{ "ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc": true }'
+declare function f(x: string): void;
+declare function f(x: boolean): void;
+/**
+ * @deprecate
+ */
+declare function f(x: number): void;
+/**
+ * @deprecate
+ */
+declare function f(x: null): void;
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+<TabItem value="✅ Correct">
+
+```ts option='{ "ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc": true }'
+declare function f(x: string): void;
+/**
+ * This signature does something else.
+ */
+declare function f(x: boolean): void;
+/**
+ * @async
+ */
+declare function f(x: number): void;
+/**
+ * @deprecate
+ */
+declare function f(x: null): void;
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
 ## When Not To Use It
 
 This is purely a stylistic rule to help with readability of function signature overloads.

diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/unified-signatures.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/unified-signatures.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 
-import { AST_NODE_TYPES } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
+import { AST_NODE_TYPES, AST_TOKEN_TYPES } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 
 import type { Equal } from '../util';
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export type MessageIds =
 export type Options = [
   {
     ignoreDifferentlyNamedParameters?: boolean;
+    ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc?: boolean;
   },
 ];
 
@@ -91,16 +92,25 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
             description:
               'Whether two parameters with different names at the same index should be considered different even if their types are the same.',
           },
+          ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc: {
+            type: 'boolean',
+            description:
+              'Whether two overloads with different JSDoc comments should be considered different even if their parameter and return types are the same.',
+          },
         },
       },
     ],
   },
   defaultOptions: [
     {
       ignoreDifferentlyNamedParameters: false,
+      ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc: false,
     },
   ],
-  create(context, [{ ignoreDifferentlyNamedParameters }]) {
+  create(
+    context,
+    [{ ignoreDifferentlyNamedParameters, ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc }],
+  ) {
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Helpers
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -230,6 +240,15 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
         }
       }
 
+      if (ignoreOverloadsWithDifferentJSDoc) {
+        const aComment = getBlockCommentForNode(getExportingNode(a) ?? a);
+        const bComment = getBlockCommentForNode(getExportingNode(b) ?? b);
+
+        if (aComment?.value !== bComment?.value) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+
       return (
         typesAreEqual(a.returnType, b.returnType) &&
         // Must take the same type parameters.
@@ -522,6 +541,18 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
       currentScope = scopes.pop();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @returns the first valid JSDoc comment annotating `node`
+     */
+    function getBlockCommentForNode(
+      node: TSESTree.Node,
+    ): TSESTree.Comment | undefined {
+      return context.sourceCode
+        .getCommentsBefore(node)
+        .reverse()
+        .find(comment => comment.type === AST_TOKEN_TYPES.Block);
+    }
+
     function addOverload(
       signature: OverloadNode,
       key?: string,
@@ -590,7 +621,7 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
 });
 
 function getExportingNode(
-  node: TSESTree.TSDeclareFunction,
+  node: SignatureDefinition,
 ):
   | TSESTree.ExportDefaultDeclaration
   | TSESTree.ExportNamedDeclaration

diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/unified-signatures.shot b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/unified-signatures.shot