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Exclude Certain TypeScript Files From Compilation

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Joby Joseph
Joby Joseph

If our project is a TypeScript project, when we run tsc command, all the TypeScript files are compiled to JavaScript files. But what if, we want to exclude certain files from compilation?

Say we have three files in our project:

app.ts
analytics.ts
tracking.ts

When we run tsc command, only app.ts needs to compile. For that, we need to add exclude property in tsconfig.json file.

Open tsconfig.json file. Your file might look like this now:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
  }
}

Add exclude property in the root level as shown below:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
  },
  "exclude": ["analytics.ts", "tracking.ts"]
}

We can use wild card(*) in the file name pattern.