tsconfig outDir parameter failing

[nitinet]

Since i updated the typescript compiler, my tsc wasn't working. I experimented and as soon as i remove outDir parameter from compiler options in tsconfig.config file, it is now working.

TypeScript Version: 2.0.3

[mhegazy]

Can you share more information. Please share a self contained test along with the expected output, and the actual output.

[nitinet]

The issue is with --outDir option in the tsconfig file. When i removed the option, now its working fine. I didn't got down deeper. Please let me know if more info is needed.

[mhegazy]

The issue is with --outDir option in the tsconfig file

can you elaborate on how it is failing, what is the current output?

[nitinet]

There is no output. Just that the javascript files are not getting generated from the ts files.

[tom-konda]

I have a similar problem on TypeScript 2.0.3.
I specified outDir parameter end with "../" but tsc command didn't generate any .js files.
When I run same command on TypeScript 1.8.10, .js files were generated successfully.

I tested on this gist files.

[mhegazy]

Thanks @tom-konda for the repro. This looks like the same issue as #11621.

If you do not have exclude property set, it is implicitly set to ["node_modules", .., <outdir>]. since your outDir is a parent directory of your source directory, no files are included in the compilation.

to override this behavior specify empty exclude array.

[mhegazy]

I have also filed #11156 to track raising an error when no files are found to compile.