tsconfig.json "includes" brings entire folder with glob selecting

[lucasnorman]

TypeScript Version: 2.9.2 (Tried typescript@next as well)

Search Terms:
typescript glob includes root folder

I have two services. Both have the same package.json, tsconfig.json, and tsconfig.server.json which i will post below.

Code

tsconfig.server.json:

{
    "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
    "compilerOptions": {
     "noUnusedParameters": false,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "outDir": "./production-server"
    },
    "include": ["./server/api/**/*.ts"]
}

tsconfig.json:

{
    "compileOnSave": false,
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "esnext",
        "module": "esnext",
        "jsx": "preserve",
        "allowJs": true,
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
        "noUnusedLocals": true,
        "noUnusedParameters": true,
        "removeComments": true,
        "preserveConstEnums": true,
        "sourceMap": true,
        "skipLibCheck": true,
        "baseUrl": ".",
        "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"],
        "lib": ["dom", "es2016", "es2017"]
    }
}

package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "@types/bcrypt": "^2.0.0",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.4",
    "@types/js-cookie": "^2.1.0",
    "apollo-cache-inmemory": "^1.1.11",
    "apollo-client": "^2.2.7",
    "apollo-fetch": "^0.7.0",
    "apollo-link": "^1.2.1",
    "apollo-link-http": "^1.5.3",
    "apollo-server-core": "^1.3.2",
    "apollo-server-express": "^1.3.2",
    "apollo-server-module-graphiql": "^1.3.2",
    "bcrypt": "^2.0.1",
    "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
    "cors": "^2.8.4",
    "enzyme": "^3.3.0",
    "express": "^4.16.3",
    "graphql": "^0.11.7",
    "graphql-anywhere": "^4.0.2",
    "graphql-import": "^0.4.5",
    "graphql-tag": "^2.5.0",
    "graphql-tools": "^2.22.0",
    "isomorphic-unfetch": "^2.0.0",
    "js-cookie": "^2.2.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.2.1",
    "mongodb": "^3.0.10",
    "next": "^6.0.3",
    "nodemailer": "^4.6.6",
    "prop-types": "^15.6.1",
    "react": "^16.2.0",
    "react-apollo": "^2.0.4",
    "react-dom": "^16.2.0",
    "react-dropzone": "^4.2.9",
    "request-promise": "^4.2.2",
    "sinon": "^5.0.10",
    "styled-components": "^3.2.2",
    "winston": "^3.0.0-rc5"
},
"devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "7.0.0-beta.44",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free-solid": "^5.0.9",
    "@playlyfe/gql": "^2.6.0",
    "@types/body-parser": "^1.16.8",
    "@types/connect": "^3.4.31",
    "@types/enzyme": "^3.1.10",
    "@types/graphql": "^0.12.4",
    "@types/jest": "^22.2.3",
    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.6",
    "@types/mongodb": "^3.0.13",
    "@types/multer": "^1.3.6",
    "@types/next": "2.4.11",
    "@types/node": "^10.3.2",
    "@types/nodemailer": "^4.6.0",
    "@types/react": "^16.4.2",
    "@types/react-dropzone": "^4.2.0",
    "@types/react-router": "^4.0.22",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^16.0.1",
    "@types/request-promise": "^4.1.41",
    "@types/winston": "^2.3.9",
    "@zeit/next-typescript": "^0.1.1",
    "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
    "babel-jest": "^23.2.0",
    "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
    "babel-plugin-inline-dotenv": "^1.1.2",
    "babel-plugin-inline-import-data-uri": "^1.0.1",
    "babel-plugin-styled-components": "^1.5.1",
    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-destructuring": "^6.23.0",
    "babel-plugin-transform-inline-environment-variables": "^0.4.1",
    "babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.1.1",
    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
    "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.1",
    "jest": "^23.0.0",
    "jest-localstorage-mock": "^2.2.0",
    "node-fetch": "^2.1.2",
    "nodemon": "^1.17.2",
    "react-dropzone": "^4.2.9",
    "react-test-renderer": "^16.4.0",
    "request": "^2.85.0",
    "source-map-loader": "^0.2.3",
    "styled-theming": "^2.2.0",
    "stylelint-config-styled-components": "^0.1.1",
    "ts-jest": "^22.4.6",
    "ts-node": "^5.0.1",
    "tslint": "^5.9.1",
    "tslint-react": "^3.5.1",
    "typescript": "^2.9.2",
    "typescript-eslint-parser": "^16.0.1",
    "update-check": "^1.3.2"
}

Expected behavior:

Compile files in the server folder and place them in production-server.

Actual behavior:

One service acts as above. The other places the whole server folder in production-server instead of all subfolders/files and doesn't included any base files. Folder structure below:

/server
    api/
        **
    interfaces/
        **
    utils/
        **
    index.ts
    gqlSchemaResolverInit.ts

/server is copied over with it's subfolders/files, however index.ts and gqlSchemaResolverInit.ts are not. Again, only happening for one service.

Playground Link: None right now. This seems very isolated for some reason. All versions are the same. Note this happens on deployment to a k8s cluster as well so it shouldn't be the local machine.

Please let me know if more information is needed. Thank you.

[mhegazy]

The compiler looks at your tsconfig.json and finds all the files it needs to build by looking at "files"/"includes"/"excludes" then following all ///<reference .. /> and import statements.. now it has a transitive closure of all files it needs to build. you can use tsc --listFiles to see the list.

The next step is generating the output. for every input file (i.e. a .ts/.tsx file) it needs to generate an matching output (a .js`.jsx` file). To figure out the file path of the generated output file it will chop off the "rootDir" from the input, then prepend the "outDir" to it.

if your source files come from multiple folders e.g. client and server, then the output will have an extra level of folder nesting to it.

you can use --rootDir to tell the compiler where your root starts, this way the two services will build consistently.. see https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/FAQ#why-does---outdir-moves-output-after-adding-a-new-file for more details.

[lucasnorman]

Ok, I figured it out... stupid mistake. There is a file in another folder outside of /server that is required in one of the files in /server so it copies both of those folders in. Otherwise it wouldn't include the server folder itself. Thanks for your help!