dataSource is null when creating custom repository

[surreal cedar]

I'm following the instructions here: https://docs.medusajs.com/development/entities/extend-repository

I created a custom repository for a custom entity, and when trying to create a repository like this:

import {dataSource} from "@medusajs/medusa/dist/loaders/database";
import {DraftOrderInvite} from "./draft-order-invite.entity";
export const DraftOrderInviteRepository = dataSource.getRepository(DraftOrderInvite).extend({

I get:

exports.DraftOrderInviteRepository = database_1.dataSource.getRepository(draft_order_invite_entity_1.DraftOrderInvite).extend({
                                                           ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'getRepository')

How do I get access to a non-null/undefined dataSource ?

[clear dock]

hi,
can you access the dataSource definition file ? just to check if you have everything installed properly

[surreal cedar]

Yes, everything is working fine. This is quite a mature project using medusa extender, but I wanted to switch to using custom repositories so first time trying this.

I know why this is happening because Medusa is loading the repo before it has loaded the dataSource loader, so I hacked together something which works around that, but I was wondering if there's a better way.

[clear dock]

I've migrated from medex to custom repo/services/entities and didn't had this issue 🤔

also just saw that I have a dataSource.js file at my root directory, maybe it can help ?