tslint:disable comments are ignored when using --type-check

[paxos]

Bug Report

• tslint@5.7.0
• typescript@2.5.2
• Running TSLint via: (pick one) CLI

Actual behavior

Files including the /* tslint:disable */ comment on top should not be linted.

Expected behavior

Files are linted.

This only happens when the --type-check param is used. It is required to use this param, otherwise unused imports are not correctly reported.

[ajafff]

The files are not linted, they are type checked. There is no way to ignore files while type checking.
So this is the behavior you opted into by using --type-check. If you don't want this behavior, you should stop using --type-check. TSLint will continue to work as expected without the flag.

Related: #1603 (comment)