Typescript error “Cannot write file … because it would overwrite input file.”

Question

In my Typescript 2.2.1 project in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, I am getting hundreds of errors in the error list like:

Cannot write file \'C:/{{my-project

Answer 1

I had the same issue and it's because of the exclude option. If you specify exclude option, you have to add the output directory also.

I had the exclude option like this "exclude": ["resources/js/**/*", "node_modules"] and the output directory set as outDir:"./build".

Adding build to the exclude option fixed the issue.

exclude:["resources/js/**/*", "node_modules", "build"]