VS Community doesn't read tsconfig.json

[mechanicious]

The project is created from the default Typescript Web Application template, I've created tsconfig.json; it wans't included in the default project template. I am trying to get this working.

Visual Studio version:

This is my tsconfig.json file:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES5",
        "module": "amd",
        "sourceMap": true
    },
    "exclude": [
        "node_modules",
        ".vscode"
    ]
}

See:

[mhegazy]

This is the intended behavior. a project file supersedes a tsconfig. if you do not want the project file to be your source of project information, close the project, and open any ts file from your project, and it will be pick up the tsconfig.

In the next release we intend to make this configurable. see #3949.

[mechanicious]

The user doesn't expect it at all, VS should alert that the settings have been overwritten by a configuration from a source with a higher priority.

[mhegazy]

VS should alert that the settings have been overwritten by a configuration

this is a good idea. reactivating.

[paulvanbrenk]

Support for multiple tsconfig.json files is part of 1.8, as is support for more project types.