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description: 'Require or disallow initialization in variable declarations.'
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> See **https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/init-declarations** for documentation.

This rule extends the base [`eslint/init-declarations`](https://eslint.org/docs/rules/init-declarations) rule.
It adds support for TypeScript's `declare` variables.