xxx.d.ts files aren't being excluded

[winksaville]

Bug Report

• TSLint version: 5.4.1
• TypeScript version: 2.3.4
• Running TSLint via: (pick one) CLI

TypeScript code being linted

Linting Alsatian using npm run review-code which runs tslint:

$ tslint './**/*.ts' --exclude './**/*.d.ts' --exclude './test/**/*.ts' --exclude './node_modules/**/*.ts'

ERROR: cli/alsatian-cli-options.d.ts[3, 14]: The class property 'fileGlobs' must be marked either 'private', 'public', or 'protected'
ERROR: cli/alsatian-cli-options.d.ts[5, 14]: The class property 'timeout' must be marked either 'private', 'public', or 'protected'
ERROR: cli/alsatian-cli-options.d.ts[7, 14]: The class property 'tap' must be marked either 'private', 'public', or 'protected'
ERROR: cli/alsatian-cli-options.d.ts[9, 14]: The class property 'versionRequested' must be marked either 'private', 'public', or 'protected'
ERROR: cli/alsatian-cli-options.d.ts[11, 14]: The class property 'helpRequested' must be marked either 'priv

with tslint.json configuration:

$ cat tslint.json
{
  "extends": "tslint:recommended",
  "rules": {
     "array-type": [true, "generic"],
     "arrow-parens": false,
     "max-classes-per-file": false,
     "one-line": [ true, "check-open-brace", "check-whitespace"],
     "trailing-comma": false,
     "variable-name": [true, "ban-keywords", "check-format", "allow-leading-underscore"],
     "ordered-imports": false,
     "object-literal-sort-keys": false
  },
  "jsRules": {
  },
  "rulesDirectory": [
  ]
}

Actual behavior

Errors are reported from *.d.ts files when using 5.4.1 but no errors are reported in 5.3.2:

Expected behavior

Should pass with 5.4.1

[winksaville]

Here is the error I created on Alastain.

[adidahiya]

duplicate of #2855