File is not included in the TypeScript compilation context

Question

Using Atom editor with the typescript plug I'm getting the following error:

Error The file "D:/foo/app/classes/event.class.ts" is not included in the TypeScript compilation context. If this is not intended, please check the "files" or "filesGlob" section of your tsconfig.json file.at line 1 col 1

The contents of my tsconfig.json file is:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "removeComments": false,
    "noImplicitAny": false
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "typings/main",
    "typings/main.d.ts"
    ]
}

I have looked at a few others that have had this problem. This: https://github.com/lathonez/clicker/issues/4 got me to try building a "files" array in the tsconfig.json array. That, much like with the person in the other thread, did not help. Note, that thread talked a lot of about testing... which doesn't apply for me.

I also tried parsing through this thread: https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/issues/558 however that basically ended up being an argument about purity vs pragmatism. I did pick up that if the files and filesGlob arrays are missing, an implicit "everything" glob is used. If this were the case, why am I getting the error given I don't have a file and filesGlob entry.

As an aside, command-line TSC is generating the compiled js and map files just fine. ... but I still have to see the big red error in Atom.

For what it's worth, the event.class.ts file looks like this (I don't expect this is the source of the problem, but figured I'd include it for completeness):

import {Utilities} from '../utilities';

export class Event {
    eventData:JSON;
    eventID:string;

    constructor(_eventData:JSON, _eventID?:string) {
        if(_eventID==null) {
            _eventID=Utilities.newGuidPlus();
        }
        this.eventID = _eventID;
        this.eventData = _eventData;
    }


    getEventData():JSON { // returns the full event
        return this.eventData;
    }

    getEventID():string {
        return this.eventID;
    }
}

Answer 1

For the exact issue in my case, I included "**/*.ts" in “filesGlob” property in tsconfig.json to resolve. The whole tsconfig.json looks like this.

{
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "declaration": false,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "mapRoot": "/",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "noEmitOnError": true,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "outDir": "../dist/",
    "rootDir": ".",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "target": "es5",
    "inlineSources": true
  },

  "filesGlob": [
    "**/*.ts"
  ],

  "atom": {
    "rewriteTsconfig": false
  }
}

Answer 2

For my case, the solution was different:

1. Ensure that ALL files in your project have ALL the imports well written. (Case sensitive)
2. Save all files. Close Atom. Restart your Computer. (Not necessary)
3. Open Atom again. Done. :)

I will update if something else occurs with this bug.