TypeScript wont read the tsconfig.json

[cborac]

TypeScript Version: 4.2.0-dev.20201201

Search Terms: Typescript undefined config

My tsconfig.json:

{
     "compilerOptions": {
         "module": "commonjs",
         "target": "es2019",
         "types": [
             "node"
         ],
         "strict": true,
         "moduleResolution": "node",
         "declaration": false,
         "resolveJsonModule": true,
         "removeComments": false,
         "esModuleInterop": true,
         "alwaysStrict": true,
         "pretty": true,
         "sourceMap": true,
         "outDir": "dist",
         "incremental": true,
         "noEmitHelpers": true,
         "importHelpers": true,
         "skipLibCheck": true,
         "strictNullChecks": false
     },
     "include": ["src/**/**.**"]
 }

My folder structure

Expected behavior: Transpiling the code

Actual behavior: Throws an error

C:\Users\BoraC\Desktop\Projects\g-lua-tr-bot>tsc
undefined:1

SyntaxError: Unexpected token  in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Object.getBuildInfo (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:81612:21)
    at readBuilderProgram (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:91421:28)
    at Object.createIncrementalProgram (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:91442:26)
    at Object.performIncrementalCompilation (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:91402:33)
    at performIncrementalCompilation (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:93675:29)
    at executeCommandLineWorker (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:93547:17)
    at Object.executeCommandLine (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:93595:20)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\BoraC\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsc.js:93882:4)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1076:30)

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[MartinJohns]

Do you perhaps have a byte-order-mark (BOM) or any other invisible character in the beginning of your file?

[filippo-fonseca]

Do you perhaps have a byte-order-mark (BOM) or any other invisible character in the beginning of your file?

I agree with this. Perhaps check for invisible characters; happens to me a lot.

[RyanCavanaugh]

That's the exact error I get when running this on a file with a BOM:

> JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./sample.json", { encoding: "utf-8" }))
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token  in JSON at position 0

so I think that's what's happening.

[cborac]

nope thats not whats happening

[cborac]

Also this error happens in all of my project not only this one, and same tsconfig works in other machines
I reinstalled typescript several times and the error wont go

[RyanCavanaugh]

No idea what's happening. If you have some way to reproduce it we can investigate further, but it seems like something is broken on that computer

[cborac]

Well it started after my pc gave me a GSOD, after restarting my pc this error started to occur.

[orta]

@Sardonyx78 I'd recommend making a fresh repo we can clone which reproduces this 👍🏻

[cborac]

@orta This is the repo

[RyanCavanaugh]

Cloned the repo; it checks out fine. Maybe your node install is corrupt or something?