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# @babel/plugin-transform-flow-comments
> Turn flow type annotations into comments.
You should be able to use this plugin instead of `@babel/plugin-flow-strip-types` to preserve the `/* @flow */` directive and still use flow.
[Flow Comments Blog Post](http://flowtype.org/blog/2015/02/20/Flow-Comments.html)
## Example
**In**
```javascript
function foo(bar?) {}
function foo2(bar?: string) {}
function foo(x: number): string {}
type B = {
name: string;
};
export type GraphQLFormattedError = number;
import type A, { B, C } from './types';
import typeof D, { E, F } from './types';
```
**Out**
```javascript
"use strict";
function foo(bar /*:: ?*/) {}
function foo2(bar /*:: ?: string*/) {}
function foo(x /*: number*/) /*: string*/ {}
/*:: type B = {
name: string;
};*/
/*:: export type GraphQLFormattedError = number;*/
/*:: import type A, { B, C } from './types';*/
/*:: import typeof D, { E, F } from './types';*/
```
## Installation
```sh
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-flow-comments
```
## Usage
### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended)
**.babelrc**
```json
{
"plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-flow-comments"]
}
```
### Via CLI
```sh
babel --plugins @babel/plugin-transform-flow-comments script.js
```
### Via Node API
```javascript
require("@babel/core").transform("code", {
plugins: ["@babel/plugin-transform-flow-comments"]
});
```