TypeScript Run Build Task in Visual Studio Code fails

Question

I am trying to use the "Run Build Task" command in Visual Studio Code on Windows 10 to compile TypeScript with Git Bash, but I get this error:

TypeScript error

It seems that the backslashes are being interpreted as escape characters, so they disappear.

This issue does not happen when I switch the default shell to Powershell or cmd.exe. Also, the same issue happens no matter if I install TypeScript globally (npm i -g typescript) or locally (npm i typescript). Finally, I suspect that my %PATH% environment variable may need fixing as well.

This is the tsconfig.json file I have been using:

{
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "sourceMap": true
  }
}

My end goal is to simply press Ctrl+S on a TypeScript code file and have it immediately transpile to JavaScript (given the TS file is valid, of course.)

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-20 05:55:08Z

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There is an open issue in the vscode repository on GitHub about this. See link

Paths separators in build config being escaped/stripped out prior to build command being run #35593

The issue is that vscode assumes that Windows paths should be used on a Windows system. However git bash uses UNIX path seperators, which causes the issue.

The user Atomfighter10101 on GitHub suggests:

In build task change the wrong command of "command": /c/ProgramData/Anaconda3/python ${file}, to the right command of "command": /c/ProgramData/Anaconda3/python \"${file}\".

(Obviously change python to tsc for your usecase)

answered Apr 20, 2019 at 5:55

Daniel

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