Typescript error "TS2307: Cannot find module '../aurelia.json'" within build tasks

I’m submitting a bug report (i guess)

• Library Version: 1.0.8

Please tell us about your environment:

• Operating System: Windows 10

• Node Version: 6.9.4

• NPM Version: 4.1.1

• Browser: Not Browser related

• Language: TypeScript 2.1.5

• Current behavior: The line import * as project from '../aurelia.json'; inside the build tasks (aurelia_project\tasks\build.ts, aurelia_project\tasks\process-css.ts etc.) reports the TypeScript error TS2307: Cannot find module '../aurelia.json' even though the file aurelia.json exists in the folder aurelia_project.

• What is the expected behavior? Whilst building etc. is actually working as expected, I find it annoying & misleading to see TypeScript errors in my IDE (files & folders are marked red, the TypeScript panel shows those erros etc.) and I guess it will bite me when starting create a deploy process.

This can be reproduced by creating a new project using au new with the following options (CLI version ``):

• 3 Custom
• 2 TypeScript
• 3 Max minification
• 3 Sass
• 1 Yes (Unit Testing)
• 4 WebStorm
• 1 Yes (Create Project)
• 1 Yes (Install Dependencies)

The errors are reported within PhpStorm 2016.3.2 as well as VSCode 1.8.1 & 1.9.1

Ps.: I’m not sure if this is related to https://github.com/aurelia/cli/issues/300 even though the title suggests otherwise since I believe that the issue there is about including JSON files within the source code, not within the build…

[sbolel]

Following https://github.com/aurelia/cli/issues/300#issuecomment-251072000, can you try adding a file “json-loader.d.ts” in custom_typings/ with the contents:

declare module "*.json" {
    const value: any;
    export default value;
}

[sbolel]

~Can you please try changing the import statement to:~

import project from '../aurelia.json';