VS Code Typescript service reports false positive error.

[elliason]

In new Vite project, there is .eslintrc.cjs file with __dirname used there. If tsc is called from CLI, there is no problem but the IDE service reports this __dirname usage as error.

I have tried every step that came to my mind (including installing @types/node and adding types: ["node"] to tsconfig.json compilerOptions) to solve this without using // @ts-ignore, but failed everytime.

This issue occurs even without extensions.

• VS Code Version: 1.80.1
• OS Version: Windows 11 (22621.1992) with WSL2 - Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Steps to Reproduce:

1. run npm create vite@latest
2. choose "typescript + swc" template
3. check the .eslintrc.cjs file and look how __dirname error is reported

[jakebailey]

You need to add .eslintrc.cjs to tsconfig.node.json in vite's projects, as that's the one for config files.

[drewhoener]

I just ran into it this morning, appears to be a Vite issue, not TS.
Check vitejs/vite#13749 for the PR status, or copy the settings manually for an immediate fix

[elliason]

@jakebailey Yes, I have done that, but the issue is still there.

Even after reloading VS Code window, no change at all.

@drewhoener This is happening on all of my projects, and some of them are not based on Vite. I just chose the Vite template as a good example. And because running tsc via CLI gives no actual error, I highly suspect the VS Code IDE.

@ts-ignoring "fixes" this but, I would really like to know where is the problem. Can't figure it out.

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