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If I'm understanding correctly, location is provided to "page" components, whereas this is a functional component/hook combo for flexibility in accessing this information.
The main reason for the additional install is this came from a project using Typescript so it needed to be explicitly defined in the package to avoid linting errors/leverage intellisense.
But thanks for bringing that to my attention, I'm sure it would be useful in other scenarios!
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Is it necessary to
useLocation? Gatsby passes location via props to any component.If I'm understanding correctly,
locationis provided to "page" components, whereas this is a functional component/hook combo for flexibility in accessing this information.The main reason for the additional install is this came from a project using Typescript so it needed to be explicitly defined in the
packageto avoid linting errors/leverage intellisense.But thanks for bringing that to my attention, I'm sure it would be useful in other scenarios!