This renames the graphql export to g for two reasons:

• More concise reading/writing schemas
• To avoid conflicts with exports named graphql from libraries such as Relay, GraphQL Code Generator and gql.tada that use the variable name graphql to declare GraphQL operations

The graphql export still exists but is now deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

To quickly update usages of the graphql export in your project to use g:

1. Navigate to node_modules/@graphql-ts/schema/dist/declarations/src/schema-api-alias.d.ts in your editor ("Go to Definition" will not take you to the correct file)
2. Use "Rename Symbol" to rename graphql to g, this will update usages of graphql to g
3. Change this deprecated alias back from g to graphql (avoid using "Rename Symbol" again because you want to preserve the updates you made in step 2)

You can similarly use "Rename Symbol" to quickly rename your own custom defined graphql to g.

In case anyone is curious about the usage of the esoteric TypeScript-specific syntax of export import ... = ... in schema-api-alias.d.ts, this does a subtle thing which is allowing us to alias the variable while also adding a JSDoc comment and preserving the types rather than just the values. Note two other similar syntaxes are insufficient:

• export const graphql = _graphql would mean that the types (e.g. graphql.ObjectType<...>/etc.) would be lost and only the runtime properties would be accessible
• export * as graphql from '...'/export { _graphql as graphql }/etc. doesn't allow for attaching a JSDoc comment to the alias to have the @deprecated tag and other text