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title: Avoid duplicate module imports
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# Avoid duplicate module imports

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `javascript-code-style/no-duplicate-imports`

**Language:** JavaScript

**Severity:** Warning

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

Single imports are easier to read and maintain you can see everything being imported from a module in one line.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
import { merge } from 'module';
import something from 'another-module';
import { find } from 'module';

import something from 'something';
import { find } from 'something';
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
import { merge, find } from 'module';
import something from 'another-module';

// not mergeable
import { merge } from 'something';
import * as something from 'something';
```
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