protractor: No Inputs were found in config file Error

Hi there!

The VS Code 1.28.0 on Mac shows the following error innode_modules/protractor/tsconfig.json:

No inputs were found in config file
 '~/projects/myproject/node_modules/protractor/tsconfig.json'. 

Specified 'include' paths were '["**/*"]' and 'exclude' paths were
'["built","node_modules","testapp","website","scripts","exampleTypescript","spec/**/*"]'.

Very annoying and makes the proble window show up all the time. Is it something that can be fixed?

  • Node Version: 10.11
  • Protractor Version: 5.4.1
  • Angular Version: 6
  • Browser(s): Chrome
  • Operating System and Version: Mac High Sierra

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 6 years ago
  • Comments: 28 (8 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Restarting VSCode fixed this error like a magic in my case.

i got this as well, restarting vs code fixed the issues for me. just in case, someone stumped on this in future and this may help!

i had the same problem, stopped seeing the error by changing my “include”: [ “src//*.ts" ], to “include”: [ "/*.ts” ]. hope this helps

I am currently under a couple of deadlines, so preparing this project will be difficult. I’ll see if I can come up with anything if that error still stays on. Currently, it’s gone again.