[question] Differences to @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions and @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion

[mikew]

I'm looking to add this rule to my teams linter, and am brushing up on potential other rules to add from @typescript-eslint, and noticed it has:

'@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions': ['error', { assertionStyle: 'never' }]

which disallows type assertions, and:

'@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion': ['error']

which disallows non-null assertions.

Is the special handling of unknown the big differentiator with the rule in this repo?

[Dremora]

Pretty much. See also the thread here.