resolveJsonModule issue -> error TS5055: Cannot write file '/Users/Me/Project/en-AU.json' because it would overwrite input file.

[jpike88]

TypeScript Version: 2.9.1

Search Terms: resolveJsonModule TS5055

Code

Getting error:

error TS5055: Cannot write file '/Users/Me/Project/en-AU.json' because it would overwrite input file.

{
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "target": "ESNext",
    "noEmitHelpers": true,
    "lib": [
      "esnext", "dom"
    ],
    "sourceMap": true,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "noUnusedParameters": true,
    "skipLibCheck":true
  }
}

Expected behavior:
The recent version of VSCode (includes TS 2.9.1) seems to play fine, signalling no warning on an imported JSON file.

Actual behavior:
When running tsc, I get this error:

error TS5055: Cannot write file '/Users/Me/Project/en-AU.json' because it would overwrite input file.

I tried adding "exclude" and "include" instructions to tsconfig.json, it didn't fix it.