[SOLVED] exclude subdirectories in tsconfig.json

exclude subdirectories in tsconfig.json

I have installed TypeScript 1.8.2, and using Visual Studio 2015. I have a simple project where I have problems excluding folders from the tsconfig.json file. The problem is I would like to exclude the file typings/browser.d.ts and the folder typings/browser. But this is not the case?

I have no problems excluding a subfolder, but not a sub-subfolder?

[NOTE] I just realized the problem is only when I build from Visual Studio! If i build with tsc from the command line, there's no problem. Could I have another version of TypeScript in Visual Studio? How can I check this?

This is my tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "removeComments": false,
    "noImplicitAny": false
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "public",
    "typings/browser",
    "typings/browser.d.ts"
  ]
}

I have a bigger project, where I use jspm and need to exclude the jspm package folder, which is located as a subfolder to public.

Solution

I just installed and tested the latest version of TypeScript for Visual Studio 2015 (1.8.6 at the moment), and I can confirm that this problem has been fixed in the latest release.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48593

[Edit] Be sure to also do an npm update -g typescript