Mute/ignore TS2307 error from TypeScript tsc

Question

Is there a way to mute the TS2307 error from the TypeScript tsc compiler?

It makes it really hard to spot real/new errors and warnings as there are many

Answer 1

As of TypeScript 2.6 (released on Oct 31, 2017), now there is a way to ignore all errors from a specific line using // @ts-ignore comments before the target line.

The mentioned documentation is succinct enough, but to recap:

// @ts-ignore
const s : string = false

disables error reporting for this line.

However, this should only be used as a last resort when fixing the error or using hacks like (x as any) is much more trouble than losing all type checking for a line.

As for specifying certain errors, the current (mid-2018) state is discussed here, in Design Meeting Notes (2/16/2018) and further comments, which is basically

"no conclusion yet"

and strong opposition to introducing this fine tuning.

Answer 2

UPDATE

This is possible in newer version of TypeScript. See answer from stsloth.

ORIGINAL ANSWER

No, there is not a way to direct the compiler to suppress TS2307. There has been some discussion about it for exactly the reason you describe. For large projects, this becomes a huge barrier to entry.

Details here: Making JavaScript to TypeScript migration easier : Suppress errors

And here: Find a way to suppress the errors generated by importing modules

What you might be able to do is add a step to your build process that filters the error messages. That, of course, depends on how you are doing your builds.

Answer 3

You might find tsc-silent useful. Although, ignoring errors you have to be careful and keep in mind that errors code change, and sometimes there are many different problems reported under umbrella error.