I can't get the right return type import.meta.glob function

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I can't get the right return type import.meta.glob function

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The import.meta.glob function in Astro is a wrapper around Vite's import.meta.glob function. It is used to load many local files into your static site setup. However, it has some limitations and specific behaviors that you should be aware of:

1. import.meta.glob only takes one parameter: a relative URL glob of which local files you'd like to import. It can't take variables or strings that interpolate them, as they aren't statically analyzable. This is because import.meta.glob is a wrapper of Vite’s import.meta.glob source (https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#astroglob).

2. import.meta.glob returns a map of a file’s path to its content. If you want to load each file immediately, you can use import.meta.globEager(). Note that this import includes all styles and scripts for any imported files. These will be bundled and added to the page whether or not a file is actually used, as this is decided by static analysis, not at runtime source (https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#astroglob).

3. There have been issues reported with the type hints not working correctly with import.meta.glob in certain versions of Astro source (https://github.com/withastro/astro/issues/8552).

4. There have also been issues reported with import.meta.glob not behaving correctly when spaces are included in the prop string source (https://github.com/withastro/astro/issues/5048).

If you're having trouble with the return type of import.meta.glob, it might be due to one of these limitations or behaviors. If you're still having issues, it might be helpful to provide more specific details about the problem you're encountering.

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