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Transpile .ts source files without dependant configuration files

I set my node.js server in typescript this way:

/src
  /...
/dist
/node_modules
  /...
/tsconfig.json
/..other conf and typings files

Some files in /src get some configuration from package.json for example. This makes the transpiler creates this hierarchy in dist:

/dist
  /src
    /...js files
  /package.json

My tsconfig.json is as follows:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "module": "commonjs",
        "esModuleInterop": true,
        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
        "target": "es6",
        "noImplicitAny": true,
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "sourceMap": true,
        "outDir": "dist",
        "resolveJsonModule": true
    },
    "include": [
        "src/**/*",
        "typings-custom/**/*.ts"
    ],
    "exclude": [
        "./package.json"
    ]
}

I wonder if it is possible to exclude some dependencies from the dist folder as the relative path stays the same between /src and /dist

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • I finally resolved my issue by using const { propertyA, propertyB } = require("../package.json"); Someone could please explain why the transpiler doesn't copy the file in this case?