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+/// <reference path="es6-promises.d.ts" />
+
+// This is a makeshift definition because the project was renamed to es6-promise
+// This file may be deleted at some point. Please use es6-promise package in future projects
+// This test simply makes sure that the reference from es6-promises -> es6-promise works fine
+
+// constructor test
+var constructResult = new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+	resolve('a string');
+});
diff --git a/es6-promises/es6-promises.d.ts b/es6-promises/es6-promises.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for es6-promise
+// Project: https://github.com/jakearchibald/ES6-Promise
+// Definitions by: François de Campredon <https://github.com/fdecampredon/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../es6-promise/es6-promise.d.ts"/>
+
+// This is a makeshift definition because the project was renamed to es6-promise
+// This file may be deleted at some point. Please use es6-promise package in future projects
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