Cannot publish when using single file output via TypeScriptOutFile

[mykohsu]

Copying file Scripts/compiledFromTS.js to obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\Scrippts\compiledFromTS.js failed. Could not find file 'Scripts/compiledFromTS.js'.

This is because the individual js files are not generated with single file output. The single output is also not published.

Probably related to #3178

[mhegazy]

what version of TS are you using? if you are using 1.7.4, is it the same issue as #5894?

[mykohsu]

I'm using 1.7.6 with VS 2015. I can verify that ItemGroup's Content Include is using relative paths, not absolute like in #5894.

[mhegazy]

@mykohsu can you share your repro?

[mykohsu]

Unfortunately the repro is internal only so may be difficult to reproduce. Weirdly, this is now working - I suspect there was conflict with a gulp script.

However, is it a known issue that the single file output is not published unless that target file is also added to the project? Is this the desired behavior?

[paulvanbrenk]

This may be related to the following:

Can you try the following in the TypeScript targets file for VS 2015 (C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\TypeScript), can you change the following line:

<TypeScriptBuildConfigurations Condition="'$(TypeScriptOutFile)' != ''">$(TypeScriptBuildConfigurations) --out &quot;$(TypeScriptOutFile)&quot;</TypeScriptBuildConfigurations>

to

<TypeScriptBuildConfigurations Condition="'$(TypeScriptOutFile)' != ''">$(TypeScriptBuildConfigurations) --outFile &quot;$(TypeScriptOutFile)&quot;</TypeScriptBuildConfigurations>

I changed --out to --outFile

[mhegazy]

@mykohsu any updates on this issue? did the workaround help?

[firecube]

I have the same issue where I am using typescript 1.8.6 with a tsconfig file specifying an outFile. This workaround didn't help.

What I did in the end is to add a build condition around the ItemGroup that contains all of my TypeScriptCompile elements to limit it to Debug mode. My publish settings are for a Release configuration and my ts outFile is included as part of the project so it gets copied on build.

Not ideal but it got me going.

<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <TypeScriptCompile Include="app\components\customer\app.ts" /> ... etc

[paulvanbrenk]

Closing this as it's unclear we can actually do anything here. We fixed the issue where specifying the outfile option in the tsconfig.json file would not work with publishing.

[brianj1084]

@paulvanbrenk is there an update that will fix the TypeScript targets file without manually editing it?

[jamesfancy]

@paulvanbrenk so, what's the solution.

[paulvanbrenk]

@jamesfancy for which question? The original bug is fixed in 2.0.

[jamesfancy]

@paulvanbrenk Thank you. I am waiting for 2.0 release.

[cwoolum]

With 1.8.6, this will work if you use the project properties instead of using a tsconfig.json. It's not ideal but it works on a build server without modifying targets.