From cbe6e16bdf617ca1a0c2fd384739cc596f5af10c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerrit Birkeland <gerrit@gerritbirkeland.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:11:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add warning for missing tsconfig

---
 CHANGELOG.md                              | 4 ++++
 src/lib/utils/options/readers/tsconfig.ts | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d4aeb29d..bd1a532b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+-   Improved error reporting when failing to find entry points, #2080, #2082.
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 -   Constructor parameter-properties will now use the `@param` comment for the parameter if available, #1261.
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/options/readers/tsconfig.ts b/src/lib/utils/options/readers/tsconfig.ts
index 042226119..7ed521e91 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/options/readers/tsconfig.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/options/readers/tsconfig.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
     tsdocModifierTags,
 } from "../tsdoc-defaults";
 import { unique } from "../../array";
+import { EntryPointStrategy } from "../../entry-point";
 
 function isFile(file: string) {
     return existsSync(file) && statSync(file).isFile();
@@ -104,6 +105,13 @@ export class TSConfigReader implements OptionsReader {
                 logger.error(
                     `The tsconfig file ${nicePath(file)} does not exist`
                 );
+            } else if (
+                container.getValue("entryPointStrategy") !==
+                EntryPointStrategy.Packages
+            ) {
+                logger.warn(
+                    "No tsconfig file found, this will prevent TypeDoc from finding your entry points."
+                );
             }
             return;
         }