Fix watch build (#9605)

timotheeguerin · web-flow · commit f8fb3c36c3ec · 2026-02-06T20:47:38.000Z
unfortunatelly with teh new split to tsconfig.build.json we need to
duplicate references for it to work

The reason is we need the tsconfig.json reference to other tsconfig.json
for eslint and we need tsconfig.build.json to other tsconfig.build.json.
If it reference to tsconfig.json like it difd with extends it then tries
to build things it shouldn't in watch mode
diff --git a/.chronus/changes/fix-watch-build-2026-1-6-15-45-30.md b/.chronus/changes/fix-watch-build-2026-1-6-15-45-30.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# Change versionKind to one of: internal, fix, dependencies, feature, deprecation, breaking
+changeKind: internal
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/asset-emitter"
+  - "@typespec/bundler"
+  - "@typespec/eslint-plugin"
+  - "@typespec/events"
+  - "@typespec/html-program-viewer"
+  - "@typespec/http-server-csharp"
+  - "@typespec/http-server-js"
+  - "@typespec/http-specs"
+  - "@typespec/http"
+  - "@typespec/json-schema"
+  - "@typespec/library-linter"
+  - "@typespec/openapi"
+  - "@typespec/openapi3"
+  - "@typespec/playground"
+  - "@typespec/protobuf"
+  - "@typespec/rest"
+  - "@typespec/spector"
+  - "@typespec/sse"
+  - "@typespec/streams"
+  - "@typespec/versioning"
+  - "@typespec/xml"
+---
+
+Fix watch build
diff --git a/packages/asset-emitter/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/asset-emitter/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/best-practices/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/best-practices/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/bundler/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/bundler/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-typespec/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-typespec/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../openapi/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/events/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/events/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/html-program-viewer/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/html-program-viewer/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["src/index.ts", "src/emitter.ts", "**/*.test.ts", "**/*.test.tsx"]
+  "exclude": ["src/index.ts", "src/emitter.ts", "**/*.test.ts", "**/*.test.tsx"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/http-server-csharp/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/http-server-csharp/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../http/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../versioning/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/http-server-js/tsconfig.json b/packages/http-server-js/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
-  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.json" }],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "dist",
     "rootDir": ".",
diff --git a/packages/http-specs/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/http-specs/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "references": [
-    { "path": "../spec-api/tsconfig.build.json" },
-    { "path": "../spector/tsconfig.build.json" }
-  ],
   "exclude": ["**/*.test.*", "test/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/http/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/http/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["**/*.test.*"]
+  "exclude": ["**/*.test.*"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/json-schema/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/json-schema/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/library-linter/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/library-linter/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../openapi/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/openapi/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/openapi/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/openapi3/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/openapi3/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../http/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../openapi/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pack/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/pack/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/playground/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/playground/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // tsconfig for building the playground
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.{ts,tsx}", ".storybook/**/*.{ts,tsx}", "definitions/*.d.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.{ts,tsx}", ".storybook/**/*.{ts,tsx}", "definitions/*.d.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/protobuf/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/protobuf/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/rest/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/rest/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../http/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/samples/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/samples/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["specs/rest-metadata-emitter/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["specs/rest-metadata-emitter/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/spector/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/spector/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
     "outDir": "dist",
     "tsBuildInfoFile": "temp/.tsbuildinfo"
   },
-  "references": [
-    { "path": "../spec-api/tsconfig.build.json" },
-    { "path": "../spec-coverage-sdk/tsconfig.build.json" }
-  ],
+  "references": [],
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["**/*.test.*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/sse/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/sse/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/standalone/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/standalone/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/streams/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/streams/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/packages/versioning/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/versioning/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },
+    { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/xml/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/xml/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.ws.json b/tsconfig.ws.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     { "path": "packages/json-schema/tsconfig.build.json" },
     { "path": "packages/best-practices/tsconfig.build.json" },
     { "path": "packages/xml/tsconfig.build.json" },
-    { "path": "packages/http-server-js/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./packages/http-server-js/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "packages/http-server-csharp/tsconfig.build.json" },
     { "path": "packages/astro-utils/tsconfig.build.json" }
   ],

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	`4`	`+ "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]`
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	`3`	`+ "include": ["src/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"],`
	`4`	`+ "references": [`
	`5`	`+ { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },`
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	`7`	`+ ]`
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`3`		`- "include": ["src/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"]`
	`3`	`+ "include": ["src/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"],`
	`4`	`+ "references": [`
	`5`	`+ { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },`
	`6`	`+ { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" },`
	`7`	`+ { "path": "../openapi/tsconfig.build.json" }`
	`8`	`+ ]`
`4`	`9`	`}`
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	`3`	`+ "include": ["src/*/.ts", "generated-defs/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"],`
	`4`	`+ "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]`
`4`	`5`	`}`
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`2`	`2`	`"extends": "./tsconfig.json",`
`3`	`3`	`"include": ["src"],`
`4`		`- "exclude": ["src/index.ts", "src/emitter.ts", "*/.test.ts", "*/.test.tsx"]`
	`4`	`+ "exclude": ["src/index.ts", "src/emitter.ts", "*/.test.ts", "*/.test.tsx"],`
	`5`	`+ "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }]`
`5`	`6`	`}`
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`2`	`2`	`"extends": "./tsconfig.json",`
`3`		`- "include": ["src/*/.ts", "generated-defs/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"]`
	`3`	`+ "include": ["src/*/.ts", "generated-defs/*/.ts", "test/*/.ts"],`
	`4`	`+ "references": [`
	`5`	`+ { "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" },`
	`6`	`+ { "path": "../http/tsconfig.build.json" },`
	`7`	`+ { "path": "../rest/tsconfig.build.json" },`
	`8`	`+ { "path": "../versioning/tsconfig.build.json" }`
	`9`	`+ ]`
`4`	`10`	`}`
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`2`	`2`	`"extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",`
`3`		`- "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.json" }],`
	`3`	`+ "references": [{ "path": "../compiler/tsconfig.build.json" }],`
`4`	`4`	`"compilerOptions": {`
`5`	`5`	`"outDir": "dist",`
`6`	`6`	`"rootDir": ".",`
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`2`	`2`	`"extends": "./tsconfig.json",`
`3`		`- "references": [`
`4`		`- { "path": "../spec-api/tsconfig.build.json" },`
`5`		`- { "path": "../spector/tsconfig.build.json" }`
`6`		`- ],`
`7`	`3`	`"exclude": ["*/.test.", "test//"]`
`8`	`4`	`}`