Project must list all files or use an 'include' pattern

Question

I see this warning thrown in VSCode:

This is the line that throws the ts warning:

import packageJson from "../package.json";

Weirdly, building and linting the project works fine:

$ tsc --project .
✨  Done in 1.16s.

$ tslint --config ../../tslint.json --project .
✨  Done in 1.59s.

Is this a warning caused by the VSCode parser, or is there something wrong in my tsconfig.json file?

// tsconfig.json
{
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules"
  ],
  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
  "files": [
    "package.json"
  ],
  "include": [
    "src/**/*"
  ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    /* Basic Options */
    "outDir": "dist",
    /* Module Resolution Options */
    "baseUrl": ".",
  }
}

Samuel Gonçalves · Answer 1 · 2022-08-04T03:09:23.167

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In my case I was builiding a monorepo and referencing one of the packages into another package.

All I had to do was remove composite: true from tsconfig.json and it worked.

edited Aug 04 '22 at 03:09

answered Feb 02 '22 at 23:09

Samuel Gonçalves

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It works! Why this is not accepted answer? or maybe it raise another problem for others? – FatihAziz Jul 21 '22 at 08:25
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This worked for me, but what functionality are we losing by removing `composite`? I'm referring to my package `tsconfig.json` from a base `tsconfig.json` using `references`. – dimiguel Sep 25 '22 at 23:24
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why does it work?! – roomcayz Feb 01 '23 at 08:26

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '22 at 00:25

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Samuel's suggestion works great for me.

I got the same error for another reason, I use .json files as static mocks for tests - importing them as modules. In my case the files are nested inside src, and adding an explicit pattern to include .json files did the trick for me:

{
  "include": [
    // ...other includes
    "src/**/*.json"
  ]
}

Referring to the question asked - this should work:

{
  "include": [
    "src/**/*",
    "package.json" // <---
  ]
}

answered Sep 06 '22 at 00:25

Gil

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This answer isn't very useful since you don't mention which file the above code is meant to go into. – user275801 Jun 17 '23 at 08:24
@user275801 Obviously tsconfig – idkwhatsgoingon Jul 26 '23 at 12:09

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '22 at 16:19

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Open your tsconfig.node.json, and add your files path in the includes just like "include": ["vite.config.ts", "yourFilePath"],

answered Feb 20 '22 at 16:19

RyanZ

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Adding `"src/folderName/*.json"` on tsconfig.include worked for me – Leonardo Bezerra Jun 18 '23 at 14:49

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 03 '20 at 15:37

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Add package.json to your includes. It out of src dir.

{ 
    "include": [
      "src/**/*",
      "package.json"
    ]
}

answered Aug 03 '20 at 15:37

Atombit

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but I got: error TS6059: File 'package.json' is not under 'rootDir' 'src'. 'rootDir' is expected to contain all source files. – 蔡宗容 Jan 05 '22 at 07:07
Is your `rootDir` set to `src`? If so it won't work, remove `rootDir` or set to `"."` – Dana Woodman Mar 10 '23 at 19:53

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '22 at 07:58

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This can happen if your server is running when you add new files. If this is the case, simply stop it and start it again so that is can rebuild and include the new files.

answered Aug 05 '22 at 07:58

Simon Rosengren

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 02 '20 at 18:14

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Try adding:

"resolveJsonModule": true,
"esModuleInterop": true

to your compiler options

answered Feb 02 '20 at 18:14

Kaca992

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I already had these in the topmost `tsconfig.json` file, but to make sure I also dropped it in the nested one (the file from the OP); it did NOT work – Paul Razvan Berg Feb 02 '20 at 18:19
If this doesn’t work, you’re most likely running into this bug: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/34676#issuecomment-557636399 – Florian Wendelborn Feb 13 '20 at 13:42

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 25 '23 at 18:21

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On WebStorm

After including the file in tsconfig.app.json, I also had to do "File" > "Invalidate Caches and Restart" before the error went away.

answered Aug 25 '23 at 18:21

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Project must list all files or use an 'include' pattern

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