6.0 Migration Guide

[RyanCavanaugh]

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[RyanCavanaugh]

baseUrl

In old versions of TypeScript, baseUrl was required in order to use paths. This is no longer the case, and in many projects you can simply remove baseUrl (especially if it's .).

Otherwise, prepend the baseUrl value to each paths entry. A script to help doing this can be found at https://github.com/andrewbranch/ts-fix-baseurl

[RyanCavanaugh]

rootDir

What changed? In 6.0, rootDir, when unspecified, now defaults to the directory containing the tsconfig, rather than being inferred from the common root of discovered files. If this is correct, no further action is needed. If this is wrong, set rootDir (and include, if needed)

Common symptom: files out the output directory are nested by a new level, often with src/

[RyanCavanaugh]

module: amd, module: umd

Functionality has been removed. Use an appropriate third-party bundler, of which there are many to choose from. Example article

[RyanCavanaugh]

types default is now []

What changed? In prior versions of TypeScript, TS would include everything in node_modules/@types, which was slow and often pulled in unrelated files. In 6.0, this behavior has been removed.

Modules which are imported via their names (e.g. import _ from 'lodash') will still automatically be resolved, but libraries like Node and Jest which either only create global variables or present modules that aren't the same as the package name will not be present automatically.

The most common fix required is to add this to "compilerOptions":

    "types": ["node"],

Common symptoms: Can't resolve node modules like fs or path

[Mounir-abaddah]

baseUrl

In old versions of TypeScript, baseUrl was required in order to use paths. This is no longer the case, and in many projects you can simply remove baseUrl (especially if it's .).

Otherwise, prepend the baseUrl value to each paths entry. A script to help doing this can be found at https://github.com/andrewbranch/ts-fix-baseurl

Thanks! This explanation really helped me understand why baseUrl is no longer needed and how to clean up my tsconfig.json.

[wneel]

Thanks :) The script saved me!

[HangryPanda]

In old versions of TypeScript, baseUrl was required in order to use paths. This is no longer the case, and in many projects you can simply remove baseUrl (especially if it's .).

Otherwise, prepend the baseUrl value to each paths entry. A script to help doing this can be found at https://github.com/andrewbranch/ts-fix-baseurl

Now, this is what should be in the error message: it’s actually helpful and informative.

[osamabck]

baseUrl

In old versions of TypeScript, baseUrl was required in order to use paths. This is no longer the case, and in many projects you can simply remove baseUrl (especially if it's .).

Otherwise, prepend the baseUrl value to each paths entry. A script to help doing this can be found at https://github.com/andrewbranch/ts-fix-baseurl

Thank you. That was as clear as it gets!