typescript tsc not compiling newly created files

I'm using typescript on a project the files all compile fine with tsc, I'm using the watch flag to look for changes. The issue I'm having is that when I create a new file tsc does not pick up the new file I have to quit the tsc process and restart it. Is this standard it seems really odd that such a great tool would lack a basic feature like this. Anyone know a work around so I can get tsc to pick up and compile newly created files without the restart?


"compilerOptions":
"module": "commonjs",
"sourceMap": true,
"target": "ES5",
"watch": true,
"project":"public/app/**/*.tsx",
"outDir": "public/dist",
"jsx": "react"




tsc

.tsconfig

2 Answers
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After more research it seems sadly this is the case tsc can not automatically find new files for you.

If you’re using a wildcard like this, any new files created since
running the tsc command won’t get compiled, you need to stop the
watcher and start again.
http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/getting-started-typescript

Note that whenever we create a new file, we will need to restart the
tsc process for it to pick up the new file.
http://commandercoriander.net/blog/2015/05/25/expanding-on-the-angular-2-quickstart/

Following the last reply from this issue https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4553 I changed my tsconfig.json

"include": ["/**/*"]

to

"include": ["**/*"]

and it works for now.


"include": ["/**/*"]



"include": ["**/*"]


Will update my answer if this proves wrong.

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