Is it possible to force typescript to use types from DefinitelyTyped instead of native lib types?

Question

I'm trying to migrate to sequelize v5 which now has built-in typescript types. I'm not exactly happy how said types are written: data-related methods (find/create/update/etc) use "object" as data values type. Types from DefinitelyTyped are written using generics and dont have such drawback.

The problem is now typescript compiler detects built-in types from sequelize and ignores DefinitelyTyped types. Is there a way to change this behaviour?

Answer 1

This question provides a solution:

In your .tsconfig.json file:

{
  ...
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
       "*": [
         "types/*", // locally defined types
         "node_modules/@types/*" // DefinitelyTyped typings for applicable packages
       ]
    }
  }
  ...
}

This means the compiler will first look in your local /types folder, and then in node_modules/@types/, before resorting to the lib-defined typings.