Merge pull request #297 from openedx/mkeating/tsconfig-fix

fix: Fix and additional documentation for tsconfig

README.rst

@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ An example module.config.js file looks like the following.  You can copy this in
      ],
    };
 
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 Steps
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@@ -162,9 +161,9 @@ Local module configuration for TypeScript
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 #. Copy tsconfig.json into the root of the module
-#. Set "rootDir" to the root of the source code folders
+#. Set "rootDir" to the root of the source code folders, and "outDir" to the distribution folder
 #. Set "include" to wildcard patterns specifying the subdirectories/files under rootDir where source code can be found
-#. Include any wildcards under rootDir that should be excluded using "exclude"
+#. Include any wildcards under rootDir that should be excluded using "exclude".  Make sure the "outDir" directory is excluded here, if it is under "include".
 
 Development
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tsconfig.json

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
     "outDir": "dist"
   },
   "include": ["example/**/*"],
-  "exclude": ["example/dist/*", "example/node_modules/*'"]
+  "exclude": ["example/dist/*", "example/node_modules/*"]
 }