TypeChain v4 error in solidity-template repo

typechain-v4-error.txt

Compiling...
Compiled 2 contracts successfully
Creating TypeChain artifacts in directory typechain for target ethers-v5
An unexpected error occurred:

SyntaxError: '=' expected. (8:15)
   6 |   import { Contract, ContractFactory, Overrides } from "@ethersproject/contracts";
   7 |
>  8 |   import type { Greeter } from "./Greeter";
     |               ^
   9 |
  10 |   export class GreeterFactory extends ContractFactory {
  11 |
    at t (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/parser-typescript.js:1:285)
    at Object.parse (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/parser-typescript.js:14:180461)
    at Object.parse (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:9739:19)
    at coreFormat (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:13252:23)
    at format (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:13510:73)
    at formatWithCursor (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:13526:12)
    at /Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:44207:15
    at Object.format (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/node_modules/prettier/index.js:44226:12)
    at exports.prettierOutputTransformer (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/dist/outputTransformers/prettier.js:5:21)
    at /Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/dist/tsGenerator.js:46:102
    at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/dist/tsGenerator.js:46:69
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at processOutput (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/dist/tsGenerator.js:43:15)
    at Object.tsGenerator (/Users/paulrberg/Workspace/Templates/solidity-template/node_modules/ts-generator/dist/tsGenerator.js:29:13) {
  loc: { start: { line: 8, column: 15 } },
  codeFrame: '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m  6 | \u001b[39m  \u001b[36mimport\u001b[39m { \u001b[33mContract\u001b[39m\u001b[33m,\u001b[39m \u001b[33mContractFactory\u001b[39m\u001b[33m,\u001b[39m \u001b[33mOverrides\u001b[39m } from \u001b[32m"@ethersproject/contracts"\u001b[39m\u001b[33m;\u001b[39m\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m  7 | \u001b[39m\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m\u001b[31m\u001b[1m>\u001b[22m\u001b[39m\u001b[90m  8 | \u001b[39m  \u001b[36mimport\u001b[39m type { \u001b[33mGreeter\u001b[39m } from \u001b[32m"./Greeter"\u001b[39m\u001b[33m;\u001b[39m\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m    | \u001b[39m              \u001b[31m\u001b[1m^\u001b[22m\u001b[39m\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m  9 | \u001b[39m\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m 10 | \u001b[39m  \u001b[36mexport\u001b[39m \u001b[36mclass\u001b[39m \u001b[33mGreeterFactory\u001b[39m \u001b[36mextends\u001b[39m \u001b[33mContractFactory\u001b[39m {\u001b[0m\n' +
    '\u001b[0m \u001b[90m 11 | \u001b[39m    \u001b[0m'
}
error Command failed with exit code 1.

Hi there, I'm getting a very similar error. Have you managed to solve it?

I can't remember, I'm not using Ethers v4 anymore. I switched to v5 - you should do it too! It's much better.