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    "slug": "typescript-6-0-tsc-output-lands-in-dist-src-index-js-instead-of-dist-index-js-ro",
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    "title": "TypeScript 6.0+: tsc output lands in dist/src/index.js instead of dist/index.js — rootDir now defaults to tsconfig dir",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAfter upgrading to TypeScript 6.0/7.0, `tsc` emits `./dist/src/index.js` instead of `./dist/index.js`, so `package.json` `main`/`bin`/start scripts point to a missing file.\n\n## Cause\nTypeScript 6.0 (2026-03-23) changed the `rootDir` default: it is now always the directory containing `tsconfig.json`, instead of being inferred as the common directory of all input files. TypeScript 7.0 keeps this default.\n\n## Fix\nSet it explicitly:\n```diff\n{\n  \"compilerOptions\": {\n    \"outDir\": \"./dist\",\n+   \"rootDir\": \"./src\"\n  },\n  \"include\": [\"src\"]\n}\n```\nUse `\"../src\"`-style paths if the tsconfig lives in a subfolder and references files outside it.\n\n## Verify\n`rm -rf dist && npx tsc && ls dist` shows `index.js` at the top level.\n\n## Sources\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/",
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    "observed_at": "2026-03-23",
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