The presence of a tsconfig.json file in a directory indicates that the directory is the root of a TypeScript project.\nThe tsconfig.json file specifies the root files and the compiler options required to compile the project.\nA project is compiled in one of the following ways:
tsconfig.json file starting in the current directory and continuing up the parent directory chain.--project (or just -p) command line option that specifies the path of a directory containing a tsconfig.json file, or a path to a valid .json file containing the configurations.When input files are specified on the command line, tsconfig.json files are ignored.
Example tsconfig.json files:
Using the \"files\" property
\njson{\n\"compilerOptions\": {\n \"module\": \"commonjs\",\n \"noImplicitAny\": true,\n \"removeComments\": true,\n \"preserveConstEnums\": true,\n \"sourceMap\": true\n},\n\"files\": [\n \"core.ts\",\n \"sys.ts\",\n \"types.ts\",\n \"scanner.ts\",\n \"parser.ts\",\n \"utilities.ts\",\n \"binder.ts\",\n \"checker.ts\",\n \"emitter.ts\",\n \"program.ts\",\n \"commandLineParser.ts\",\n \"tsc.ts\",\n \"diagnosticInformationMap.generated.ts\"\n]\n}
Using the \"include\" and \"exclude\" properties
\njson{\n\"compilerOptions\": {\n \"module\": \"system\",\n \"noImplicitAny\": true,\n \"removeComments\": true,\n \"preserveConstEnums\": true,\n \"outFile\": \"../../built/local/tsc.js\",\n \"sourceMap\": true\n},\n\"include\": [\"src/**/*\"],\n\"exclude\": [\"node_modules\", \"**/*.spec.ts\"]\n}
The \"compilerOptions\" property can be omitted, in which case the compiler’s defaults are used. See our full list of supported Compiler Options.
Schema can be found at: http://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig
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