Description
TypeScript Version: 3.7.5, 3.8.1-rc
Note: this was originally posted to microsoft/vscode#80423. I was told there that #30823 would fix this.
#30823 was apparently fixed by #33287, however this issue still remains.
Steps to Reproduce:
./tsconfig-src.json:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"composite": true,
"declarationMap": true,
"outDir": "./target/",
"baseUrl": "./src/"
},
"include": ["./src/**/*"]
}./tsconfig.json:
{
"references": [{ "path": "./tsconfig-src.json" }],
"files": []
}./src/main.ts:
import { foo } from 'helpers/functions';
foo;./src/helpers/functions.ts:
export const foo = 1;When I run tsc --build, it builds with no errors.
When I navigate to a TS file in VS Code, e.g. ./src/main.ts, I get errors: Cannot find module 'helpers/functions'
I expected this to work because VS Code would find the ./tsconfig.json in the parent/root directory, and this references ./tsconfig-src.json (the TS project which includes the file I'm looking at: ./src/main.ts).
Repo including the above test case: https://github.com/OliverJAsh/unsplash-ts-project-references
I understand I could workaround this by moving ./tsconfig-src.json into the ./src/ folder at ./src/tsconfig.json, but I believe that shouldn't be necessary.
What's more, in my real world application the ./tsconfig-src.json includes files in multiple root folders (./src/, ./client/, ./server/), not just ./src/, so this workaround wouldn't help in that case. For an example, see https://github.com/OliverJAsh/unsplash-ts-project-references/tree/bad-workaround.
Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes