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Blake Niemyjski (niemyjski)

opened on Apr 22, 2015

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This would allow you to specify a tsconfig.json that has a different name.

If you specify a directory, it should first try to resolve tsconfig.json. If it can't find it, it should find the first tsconfig*.json file

References: #2868 (comment)

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1. Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)

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2. saschanaz commented on Sep 20, 2015

   

   Kagami Sascha Rosylight (saschanaz)

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   • What benefit can we get when tsc automatically search tsconfig*.json files? What should happen when there are multiple tsconfig* files except tsconfig.json?
   • Should tsc require any naming format? Should it allow project file without .json extension?
3. zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   ZpdDG4gta (zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd)

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   since my request #5705 got closed I am writing here:

   • let's add a parameter that points to whatever configuration file we please: --configuration c:\foo\bar\myproject.csproj
4. mhegazy commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)

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   let's add a parameter that points to whatever configuration file we please: --configuration c:\foo\bar\myproject.csproj

   Aleksey-Bykov can you elaborate on what is the expectation here? do you expect tsc to read the .csproj? where would the infrormation be stored?
5. zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   ZpdDG4gta (zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd)

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   i am saying the developer should be free to specify any file that has a valid tsconfig JSON content even if the name itself doesn't make any sense
6. mhegazy commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)

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   i see, so why not use --project as in the OP?

   Reacted by Steven
7. zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   ZpdDG4gta (zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd)

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   because it's already taken it would be a breaking change
8. mhegazy commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)

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   not really, we can check if it is a file path use it, if it is a directory append "tsconfig.json" before reading the file.
9. zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd commented on Nov 19, 2015

   

   ZpdDG4gta (zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd)

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   true, good catch
10. Ryan Cavanaugh (RyanCavanaugh)

    closed this as completedin #4883on Nov 24, 2015
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12. RyanCavanaugh commented on Nov 24, 2015

    

    Ryan Cavanaugh (RyanCavanaugh)

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    Thanks Kagami Sascha Rosylight (@saschanaz) ! 🎉
13. Mohamed Hegazy (mhegazy)

    added this to the TypeScript 1.8 milestone on Nov 24, 2015
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