ts-jest: Tests fail when using TypeScript project references

🐛 Bug Report

I’m in the process of migrating one of my projects to use Typescript project references, but after migration the tests that validated error types failed.

I’ve created a repo that has one directory with a very small project where tests succeed, and one directory with a project using typescript projects references where the tests fail. The projects are identical with the exception of project references. I’m not saying that ts-jest is to blame. It could as well be my understanding of project references or jest.

To Reproduce

git clone https://github.com/FantasticFiasco/jest-error-type-issue.git
cd jest-error-type-issue/does-not-work
yarn
yarn test

Expected behavior

I would expect the test to pass, because in the same git repository there is a directory called works with an identical project except the project references that has a test that passes.

Link to repo (highly encouraged)

https://github.com/FantasticFiasco/jest-error-type-issue

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