Mute/ignore TS2307 error from TypeScript tsc
Is there a way to mute the TS2307 error from the TypeScript tsc compiler?
It makes it really hard to spot real/new errors and warnings as there are many TS2307 errors in our codebase.
Update:
This error occurs when an external module is imported without its type definition .d.ts being present.
I'm aware of tsd but for many libraries we use, no type definitions exist.
Answer
As of TypeScript 2.6 (released on Oct 31, 2017), now there is a way to ignore all errors from a specific line using // @ts-ignore comments before the target line.
The mentioned documentation is succinct enough, but to recap:
// @ts-ignore
const s : string = false
disables error reporting for this line.
However, this should only be used as a last resort when fixing the error or using hacks like (x as any) is much more trouble than losing all type checking for a line.
As for specifying certain errors, the current (mid-2018) state is discussed here, in Design Meeting Notes (2/16/2018) and further comments, which is basically
"no conclusion yet"
and strong opposition to introducing this fine tuning.