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Automagically determine rewrite paths

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript

Research direction

Start by reviewing how TypeScript support currently handles rewrite paths and locates the project configuration. Check TypeScript's support for extended configurations and apply the stated nearest-configuration assumption. Done means source directories are resolved from that configuration without requiring users to provide rewrite paths.

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Description

enhancement help wanted

It should be possible to resolve the TypeScript configuration (including extended configurations) to determine what source directories are output where. That way, users won't have to configure the rewrite paths.

I'm not sure if TypeScript supports multiple configuration files within a project. Babel does, but AVA's Babel support ignores such configuration files. It'll be simplest to do the same here.

This means we'll assume the nearest TypeScript configuration file is in the project directory itself.

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