Make invalid files in tsconfig.json super obvious when ts-loader errors

index.ts

@@ -297,13 +297,24 @@ function ensureTypeScriptInstance(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, loader: any): {
     }
 
     // Load initial files (core lib files, any files specified in tsconfig.json)
-    filesToLoad.forEach(filePath => {
-        filePath = path.normalize(filePath);
-        files[filePath] = {
-            text: fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8'),
-            version: 0
-        }
-    });
+    let filePath: string;
+    try {
+        filesToLoad.forEach(fp => {
+            filePath = path.normalize(fp);
+            files[filePath] = {
+                text: fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8'),
+                version: 0
+            };
+          });
+    }
+    catch (exc) {
+        let filePathError = `A file specified in tsconfig.json could not be found: ${ filePath }`;
+        return { error: {
+            message: filePathError.red,
+            rawMessage: filePathError,
+            loaderSource: 'ts-loader'
+        }};
+    }
 
     let newLine =
         compilerOptions.newLine === 0 /* CarriageReturnLineFeed */ ? '\r\n' :
@@ -341,11 +352,11 @@ function ensureTypeScriptInstance(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, loader: any): {
             // We either load from memory or from disk
             fileName = path.normalize(fileName);
             var file = files[fileName];
-            
+
             if (!file) {
                 let text = readFile(fileName);
                 if (text == null) return;
-                
+
                 file = files[fileName] = { version: 0, text }
             }
 
@@ -465,7 +476,7 @@ function ensureTypeScriptInstance(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, loader: any): {
                     pushArray(compilation.errors, formatErrors(errors, instance, {file: filePath}));
                 }
             });
-        
+
         callback();
     });
 
@@ -526,13 +537,13 @@ function loader(contents) {
     if (!file) {
         file = instance.files[filePath] = <TSFile>{ version: 0 };
     }
-    
+
     if (file.text !== contents) {
         file.version++;
         file.text = contents;
         instance.version++;
     }
-    
+
     var outputText: string, sourceMapText: string, diagnostics: typescript.Diagnostic[] = [];
 
     if (options.transpileOnly) {
@@ -549,11 +560,11 @@ function loader(contents) {
     }
     else {
         let langService = instance.languageService;
-        
+
         // Make this file dependent on *all* definition files in the program
         this.clearDependencies();
         this.addDependency(filePath);
-        
+
         let allDefinitionFiles = Object.keys(instance.files).filter(filePath => /\.d\.ts$/.test(filePath));
         allDefinitionFiles.forEach(this.addDependency.bind(this));
         this._module.meta.tsLoaderDefinitionFileVersions = allDefinitionFiles.map(filePath => filePath+'@'+instance.files[filePath].version);
@@ -566,7 +577,7 @@ function loader(contents) {
 
         var sourceMapFile = output.outputFiles.filter(file => !!file.name.match(/\.js(x?)\.map$/)).pop();
         if (sourceMapFile) { sourceMapText = sourceMapFile.text }
-        
+
         var declarationFile = output.outputFiles.filter(file => !!file.name.match(/\.d.ts$/)).pop();
         if (declarationFile) { this.emitFile(path.relative(this.options.context, declarationFile.name), declarationFile.text); }
     }

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.6/bundle.transpiled.js

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
+/******/ 	// The module cache
+/******/ 	var installedModules = {};
+
+/******/ 	// The require function
+/******/ 	function __webpack_require__(moduleId) {
+
+/******/ 		// Check if module is in cache
+/******/ 		if(installedModules[moduleId])
+/******/ 			return installedModules[moduleId].exports;
+
+/******/ 		// Create a new module (and put it into the cache)
+/******/ 		var module = installedModules[moduleId] = {
+/******/ 			exports: {},
+/******/ 			id: moduleId,
+/******/ 			loaded: false
+/******/ 		};
+
+/******/ 		// Execute the module function
+/******/ 		modules[moduleId].call(module.exports, module, module.exports, __webpack_require__);
+
+/******/ 		// Flag the module as loaded
+/******/ 		module.loaded = true;
+
+/******/ 		// Return the exports of the module
+/******/ 		return module.exports;
+/******/ 	}
+
+
+/******/ 	// expose the modules object (__webpack_modules__)
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.m = modules;
+
+/******/ 	// expose the module cache
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.c = installedModules;
+
+/******/ 	// __webpack_public_path__
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.p = "";
+
+/******/ 	// Load entry module and return exports
+/******/ 	return __webpack_require__(0);
+/******/ })
+/************************************************************************/
+/******/ ([
+/* 0 */
+/***/ function(module, exports) {
+
+
+
+/***/ }
+/******/ ]);

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.6/output.transpiled.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+    Asset     Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
+bundle.js  1.39 kB       0  [emitted]  main
+chunk    {0} bundle.js (main) 0 bytes [rendered]
+    [0] ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts 0 bytes {0} [built]

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.6/output.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+ERROR in ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts
+Module build failed: A file specified in tsconfig.json could not be found: i-am-a-file-what-does-not-exist.ts

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.7/bundle.transpiled.js

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
+/******/ 	// The module cache
+/******/ 	var installedModules = {};
+
+/******/ 	// The require function
+/******/ 	function __webpack_require__(moduleId) {
+
+/******/ 		// Check if module is in cache
+/******/ 		if(installedModules[moduleId])
+/******/ 			return installedModules[moduleId].exports;
+
+/******/ 		// Create a new module (and put it into the cache)
+/******/ 		var module = installedModules[moduleId] = {
+/******/ 			exports: {},
+/******/ 			id: moduleId,
+/******/ 			loaded: false
+/******/ 		};
+
+/******/ 		// Execute the module function
+/******/ 		modules[moduleId].call(module.exports, module, module.exports, __webpack_require__);
+
+/******/ 		// Flag the module as loaded
+/******/ 		module.loaded = true;
+
+/******/ 		// Return the exports of the module
+/******/ 		return module.exports;
+/******/ 	}
+
+
+/******/ 	// expose the modules object (__webpack_modules__)
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.m = modules;
+
+/******/ 	// expose the module cache
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.c = installedModules;
+
+/******/ 	// __webpack_public_path__
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.p = "";
+
+/******/ 	// Load entry module and return exports
+/******/ 	return __webpack_require__(0);
+/******/ })
+/************************************************************************/
+/******/ ([
+/* 0 */
+/***/ function(module, exports) {
+
+
+
+/***/ }
+/******/ ]);

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.7/output.transpiled.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+    Asset     Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
+bundle.js  1.39 kB       0  [emitted]  main
+chunk    {0} bundle.js (main) 0 bytes [rendered]
+    [0] ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts 0 bytes {0} [built]

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.7/output.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+ERROR in ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts
+Module build failed: A file specified in tsconfig.json could not be found: i-am-a-file-what-does-not-exist.ts

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.8/bundle.transpiled.js

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
+/******/ 	// The module cache
+/******/ 	var installedModules = {};
+
+/******/ 	// The require function
+/******/ 	function __webpack_require__(moduleId) {
+
+/******/ 		// Check if module is in cache
+/******/ 		if(installedModules[moduleId])
+/******/ 			return installedModules[moduleId].exports;
+
+/******/ 		// Create a new module (and put it into the cache)
+/******/ 		var module = installedModules[moduleId] = {
+/******/ 			exports: {},
+/******/ 			id: moduleId,
+/******/ 			loaded: false
+/******/ 		};
+
+/******/ 		// Execute the module function
+/******/ 		modules[moduleId].call(module.exports, module, module.exports, __webpack_require__);
+
+/******/ 		// Flag the module as loaded
+/******/ 		module.loaded = true;
+
+/******/ 		// Return the exports of the module
+/******/ 		return module.exports;
+/******/ 	}
+
+
+/******/ 	// expose the modules object (__webpack_modules__)
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.m = modules;
+
+/******/ 	// expose the module cache
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.c = installedModules;
+
+/******/ 	// __webpack_public_path__
+/******/ 	__webpack_require__.p = "";
+
+/******/ 	// Load entry module and return exports
+/******/ 	return __webpack_require__(0);
+/******/ })
+/************************************************************************/
+/******/ ([
+/* 0 */
+/***/ function(module, exports) {
+
+	"use strict";
+
+
+/***/ }
+/******/ ]);

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.8/output.transpiled.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+    Asset    Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
+bundle.js  1.4 kB       0  [emitted]  main
+chunk    {0} bundle.js (main) 14 bytes [rendered]
+    [0] ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts 14 bytes {0} [built]

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/expectedOutput-1.8/output.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+ERROR in ./.test/tsconfigInvalidFile/app.ts
+Module build failed: A file specified in tsconfig.json could not be found: i-am-a-file-what-does-not-exist.ts

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+	"compilerOptions": {
+			"sourceMap": true
+	},
+	"files": [
+        "i-am-a-file-what-does-not-exist.ts",
+        "app.ts"
+    ]
+}

test/tsconfigInvalidFile/webpack.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module.exports = {
+    entry: './app.ts',
+    output: {
+        filename: 'bundle.js'
+    },
+    resolve: {
+        extensions: ['', '.ts', '.js']
+    },
+    module: {
+        loaders: [
+            { test: /\.ts$/, loader: 'ts-loader' }
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+// for test harness purposes only, you would not need this in a normal project
+module.exports.resolveLoader = { alias: { 'ts-loader': require('path').join(__dirname, "../../index.js") } }