Recursively Resolving Modules

TypeScript Version: 2.1.0

I'm using ts-loader and Webpack to compile my .ts files. In My Webpack config I have the following configuration:

resolve: {
  modulesDirectories: ['shared', 'node_modules']
}

This allows me to import a component that lives in the shared directory without spelling out the full relative path. Example:
import Button from 'components/Button'

Webpack will walk up the directory tree and use the first shared directory it finds (the same way it does with the node_modules directories). This way, the component can live in the ../../shared/components/Buttton.tsx and Webpack will find it and bundle it.

My files compile fine because I am using ts-loader but I am getting can not find module errors in my editor.

Is there a way to tell the TS compiler to recursively look for the component in the shared directories?

I noticed the new baseUrl and paths configuration option but to my knowledge you can not use paths to recursively look for a directory.

The issue names no source files or tests. Start by reading TypeScript's module-resolution behavior around baseUrl and paths, then compare it with Webpack's modulesDirectories lookup. Done means the compiler and editor can resolve imports such as components/Button through applicable shared directories without module-not-found errors.