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Add {root} helper for tsconfig.json (for avoiding multiple ../../) #37227
Description
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helper {root} {workspace} in tsconfig.json
Suggestion
I have the following project structure
tsconfig.json
>folder
>folder
>folder
tsconfig.json =>
{
"extends": "../../../tsconfig.json"
...
}
I didn't find any path-helper that can replace "../../../" to {root} where the root is the current workspace folder
Use Cases
Avoiding using "../../../" because of this is a headache for refactoring
Examples
// folder/folder/folder/tsconfig.json
{
"extends": "{rootOrWorkspaceFolder}/tsconfig.json"
"paths": {
"root/*": ["{rootOrWorkspaceFolder}/*"]
}
}Checklist
My suggestion meets these guidelines:
- This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
- This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
- This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of expressions
- This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
- This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.
Activity
MartinJohns commentedon Mar 5, 2020
What is the "current workspace folder"? How is that determined?
Yegorich555 commentedon Mar 5, 2020
process.cwd()in NodeJs...A lot of packages use similar logic for defining {root} (jest for example)
karlhorky commentedon Oct 18, 2022
I guess this is pretty similar to my new issue #51213, wonder if I should close 51213 in favor of this... (or the other way around)
karlhorky commentedon Apr 19, 2024
Thanks Sheetal Nandi (@sheetalkamat) for implementing the
${configDir}template variable 🎉🚀Looks like will be a part of TS 5.5: