diff --git a/types/degit/degit-tests.ts b/types/degit/degit-tests.ts
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+/// <reference types="node" />
+import degit from 'degit';
+import { DegitError } from 'degit/utils';
+
+const emitter = degit('user/repo', {
+    cache: true,
+    force: true,
+    verbose: true,
+    mode: 'git',
+});
+
+emitter.on('info', info => {
+    console.log(info.message);
+});
+emitter.on('warn', info => {
+    console.log(info.message);
+});
+
+emitter.clone('path/to/dest').then(() => {
+    console.log('done');
+});
+emitter.remove('path/to/dir', 'path/to/dest', {
+    action: 'remove',
+    files: ['README.md'],
+});
+
+(async () => {
+    try {
+        await emitter.clone('path/to/dest');
+    } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof DegitError) {
+            error.code; // $ExpectType DegitErrorCode
+            error.original; // $ExpectType Error | undefined
+            error.ref; // $ExpectTpe string | undefined
+            error.url; // $ExpectType string | undefined
+        }
+    }
+})();
diff --git a/types/degit/index.d.ts b/types/degit/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for degit 2.8
+// Project: https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit#readme
+// Definitions by: Piotr Błażejewicz <https://github.com/peterblazejewicz>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+
+export default function degit(src: string, opts: Options): Degit;
+
+export class Degit extends EventEmitter {
+    constructor(src: string, opts?: Options);
+
+    /**
+     * @async
+     */
+    clone(dest: string): Promise<void>;
+    /**
+     * @async
+     */
+    remove(dir: string, dest: string, action: RemoveAction): Promise<void>;
+    on(event: 'info' | 'warn', callback: (info: Info) => void): this;
+}
+
+export interface Options {
+    /**
+     * @default false
+     */
+    cache?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * @default false
+     */
+    force?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * @default undefined
+     */
+    mode?: ValidModes;
+    /**
+     * @default false
+     */
+    verbose?: boolean;
+}
+
+// varia
+export type ValidModes = 'tar' | 'git';
+
+export type InfoCode =
+    | 'SUCCESS'
+    | 'FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST'
+    | 'REMOVED'
+    | 'DEST_NOT_EMPTY'
+    | 'DEST_IS_EMPTY'
+    | 'USING_CACHE'
+    | 'FOUND_MATCH'
+    | 'FILE_EXISTS'
+    | 'PROXY'
+    | 'DOWNLOADING'
+    | 'EXTRACTING';
+
+export type DegitErrorCode =
+    | 'DEST_NOT_EMPTY'
+    | 'MISSING_REF'
+    | 'COULD_NOT_DOWNLOAD'
+    | 'BAD_SRC'
+    | 'UNSUPPORTED_HOST'
+    | 'BAD_REF'
+    | 'COULD_NOT_FETCH';
+
+export interface Info {
+    readonly code: string;
+    readonly message: string;
+    readonly repo: Degit;
+    readonly dest: string;
+}
+
+export interface Action {
+    action: string;
+    cache?: boolean;
+    verbose?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface DegitAction extends Action {
+    action: 'clone';
+    src: string;
+}
+
+export interface RemoveAction extends Action {
+    action: 'remove';
+    files: string[];
+}
diff --git a/types/degit/tsconfig.json b/types/degit/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "degit-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/degit/tslint.json b/types/degit/tslint.json
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+++ b/types/degit/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/degit/utils.d.ts b/types/degit/utils.d.ts
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+import { DegitErrorCode } from './index';
+
+export const degitConfigName: string;
+
+export class DegitError extends Error {
+    code: DegitErrorCode;
+    original?: Error;
+    ref?: string;
+    url?: string;
+}
+
+export function tryRequire(
+    file: string,
+    opts?: {
+        clearCache?: true;
+    },
+): unknown;
+
+export function exec(command: string): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }>;
+
+export function mkdirp(dir: string): void;
+
+export function fetch(url: string, dest: string, proxy: string): Promise<void>;
+
+export function stashFiles(dir: string, dest: string): void;
+
+export function unstashFiles(dir: string, dest: string): void;
+
+export const base: string;