ts-node fails when trying to execute a script not included in 'rootDir' of tsconfig.json

I have separate scripts and src directories. With project source files being in src/ it's the dir set as rootDir and included with the includes option in the tsconfig.

Because ts-node loads everything in the tsconfig file this means that scripts under scripts/ cannot be executed.

Additionally when using the --skip-project option ts-node just drops to a REPL and doesn't run the script. Even if that option did work it would end up skipping all of the other tsconfig settings that /should/ be applied.

Can ts-node gain an option that ignores rootDir and everything outside of compilerOptions in the tsconfig and is there a workaround for this? I can't put the scripts dir under src/ because I don't want it included in the output directory or even being considered when the actual project itself is being compiled!

Thanks.

[blakeembrey]

I can ignore error 6059 but I can't replicate any of your other issues. Using --skip-project on this repo skips the tsconfig.json file and doesn't open the REPL.

[blakeembrey]

Also, you can't just ignore everything outside of compilerOptions because of type definitions and other features. I'll have a PR for ignoring the root dir warning, but I'd like to understand how you got the REPL issue - can you share the command you were running?

Apologies for the barely comprehensible language in the original report. I'm going to say I was tired at the time but that might be a lie!

The command and output is:

lenny$ ts-node --skip-project scripts/generate-nested-key.ts
>

Where > is the REPL prompt.

Version info is:

lenny$ ts-node --version
ts-node v4.1.0
node v8.9.4
typescript v2.7.2

I'll update to the latest versions of all three and retest. Thanks for the fix with #544!

[blakeembrey]

Awesome, thanks. That makes a lot more sense now, --skip-project isn't an option with ts-node 4.x.

Ah. I must have read the wrong docs.

I was just about to say I checked out master and everything works perfectly now! Thanks. :-)