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Review/update https://typescriptlang.org/tsconfig for TS 6.0
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There is a lot of information on https://typescriptlang.org/tsconfig that's just plain wrong now that 6.0 has been released.
Some things I've noticed so far:
1. [The documentation for the default value of `target`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#target) is currently wrong (at least the "…`ES5` otherwise" bit). This section also still mentions `ES3` as an allowed `target` value.
1. [The documentation for `types`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#types) still says:
> By default all _visible_ ”`@types`” packages are included in your compilation. Packages in `node_modules/@types` of any enclosing folder are considered _visible_.
But `types` actually now defaults to `[]`, and `@types` packages need to be explicitly listed to be included in the global scope.
1. [The `paths` documentation](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#paths) says:
> A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the [`baseUrl`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#baseUrl) if set, or to the tsconfig file itself otherwise.
But I'm pretty sure the first part of that is a lie.
1. [`rootDir`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#rootDir) talks about its default being computed from "the longest common path of all non-declaration input files" (both in the description and the "Default" section on the right side), but really it's just the parent directory of the tsconfig file.
1. [`module`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#module) still refers to `amd` & `umd`, but those no longer exist.
There are likely additional things that are outdated; the above was just based on a quick skim.
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