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tsconfig cannot be specified along with an explicit list of files to compile - TS5042 #22649

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tsconfig cannot be specified along with an explicit list of files to compile - TS5042#22649
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@ntabernero
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opened on Mar 16, 2018

We are using Typescript for our operational project and have found it very useful. However, we have some use cases where we need to compile one (or a few) source files along with most of the dependencies using the options encoded in tsconfig. Sadly, using the command line options won't quite get us where we would like to be (notably the absence of either a "rootDirs" and/or "paths" command line options).

We would like to be able to do "tsc -p foo.ts" (or any equivalent workaround such as enabling "rootDirs" and "paths" as command line options).

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  1. Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)
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    on Mar 28, 2018

  2. simonbuchan commented on Aug 16, 2018

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    Simon Buchan (simonbuchan)
    on Aug 16, 2018

    When I've wanted this, it's generally been either:

    • I'm just trying to see what typescript is outputting for some file, a-la babel CLI, here the option to just output to stdout (with highlighting?) would be preferred
    • I'm trying to set up some npm-script based "multi-project" build thing, where I have configs for various envs (e.g. browser, server, shared, spec, and e2e) for each I'm re-using. I've now settled on the other split, a tsconfig per project, and overriding the options for envs using CLI options. Being able to do something like "stack" configs on the CLI would be preferred.

  3. RyanCavanaugh commented on Aug 22, 2018

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    Ryan Cavanaugh (RyanCavanaugh)
    on Aug 22, 2018
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    Duping to #12958

  4. Ryan Cavanaugh (RyanCavanaugh)
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