Exclude node_modules from "problems"

Question

I'm running this task:

{
        "taskName": "tsc watch",
        "command": "tsc -w",
        "type": "shell",
        "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
}

with this tsconfig:

{
    "compileOnSave": true,
    "files": [
        "src/index.ts"
    ],
    "compilerOptions": {
        "module": "commonjs",
        "sourceMap": true,
        "outDir": "dist/"
    },
    "exclude": [
        "node_modules"
    ]
}

the file index.ts only has one line in it:

console.log('Is it working?');

And the "problems" tab is filled with HTML related warnings from random npm modules. Why? And how do i stop it?

Edit1:
I managed to find a hack that works, by excluding the node_modules folder from the explorer:

/* settings.json */
{
    "files.exclude": {
        "**/node_modules": true
    }
}

However this is a hack, and i still want a proper answer..

score 129 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 02 '22 at 19:48

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I stumbled upon this issue as well. The only solution I found was add the skipLibCheck option and set it to true in the compilerOptions of my tsconfig.json:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "skipLibCheck": true
    }
}

According to the doc, it will skip type checking of all declaration files (*.d.ts), which were the ones throwing the warnings in my case.

edited Mar 02 '22 at 19:48

Boris Yakubchik

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answered Aug 17 '17 at 20:33

Matthias Thomas Lamotte

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mmm not working for me :( – jose920405 Aug 03 '22 at 20:10

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '22 at 21:04

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All you should need is a tsconfig.json with:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "skipLibCheck": true,
    }
}

answered Feb 08 '22 at 21:04

duhaime

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This adds absolutely nothing to the accepted answer – klutt Jun 20 '22 at 13:51
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Hmmm, I just realized that your answer was the better one before the last edit of the accepted answer. Sorry. – klutt Jun 20 '22 at 14:24

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '22 at 16:56

I have found another "cheat" for making that problem disappear after I tried everything and nothing worked. I added at the end of the file:

export {}

This somehow worked. I am not happy with that solution but that's the only thing that worked for me.

Exclude node_modules from "problems"

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