This fixes not being able to build the repo due to type issues
introduced by the Typescript 4.4 option "useUnknownInCatchVariables",
which is enabled by default in strict mode.
* Declare return types on functions
And a very few other type related minor fixes
* Minor syntax fixes
* Remove unnecessary escape chars in regexes
* Remove unnecessary awaits
* Replace deprecated req.connection with req.socket
* Replace deprecated upload with uploadOne
* Remove unnecessary eslint-disable-next-line comments
* Comment empty functions / catch or finally clauses
* Fix irregular whitespaces
* Add missing returns (null)
* Remove unreachable code
* A few logical fixes
* Remove / Handle non-null assertions which are certainly unnecessary (e.g. in
tests)
