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tsconfig json with comments is not supported

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Hey

npx unimported is failing with the error file does not contain valid json: tsconfig.json error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token / in JSON at position 59 at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\shchaw\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\29832\node_modules\unimported\dist\fs.js:67:32) at Generator.next (<anonymous>) ^TSyntaxError: Unexpected token / in JSON at position 59^T^C P.S my tsconfig does not even have 30 lines

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

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smeijercommented, Aug 8, 2021

Supported in v1.18 😎

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Shivam60commented, Aug 9, 2021

Thanks for quick resolution

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