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If node_modules is excluded by default, it should not be part of a confusing documentation example
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Description
Hi,
This is not a code issue but documentation that leads to confusion. By default node_modules folder is excluded for tsc. This is good (I guess), but the following documentation https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.html has an example using node_modules as a folder to exclude. Personally I think this example was very badly picked because it leads to think that you need to exclude "node_modules" explicitly (which I was doind in all my projects for that reason). You need to read the full document to notice that. It is confusing.
PS: This led to confusion as you can see in other typescript project (https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/issues/278)
Thanks for the great typescript thing by the way!
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Start with the tsconfig.json handbook page linked in the issue and inspect the example that uses node_modules in exclude. Revise the example or its explanation so readers do not infer that node_modules must be explicitly excluded, then verify the surrounding documentation remains accurate.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100