config: use resolved exclude pattern

docs/usage/configuration/index.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ A path to a directory or an array of paths to directories of [custom rules][2].
 * `jsRules?: any`: Same format as `rules`. These rules are applied to `.js` and `.jsx` files.
 * `defaultSeverity?: "error" | "warning" | "off"`: The severity level used when a rule specifies a default warning level. If undefined, "error" is used. This value is not inherited and is only applied to rules in this file.
 * `linterOptions?: { exclude?: string[] }`:
-  - `exclude: string[]`: An array of globs. Any file matching these globs will not be linted.
+  - `exclude: string[]`: An array of globs. Any file matching these globs will not be linted. All exclude patterns are relative to the configuration file they were specified in.
 
 `tslint.json` configuration files may have JavaScript-style `// single-line` and `/* multi-line */` comments in them (even though this is technically invalid JSON). If this confuses your syntax highlighter, you may want to switch it to JavaScript format.
 

src/configuration.ts

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ export function parseConfigFile(configFile: RawConfigFile, configFileDir?: strin
     return {
         extends: arrayify(configFile.extends),
         jsRules: parseRules(configFile.jsRules),
-        linterOptions: configFile.linterOptions !== undefined ? configFile.linterOptions : {},
+        linterOptions: parseLinterOptions(configFile.linterOptions),
         rules: parseRules(configFile.rules),
         rulesDirectory: getRulesDirectories(configFile.rulesDirectory, configFileDir),
     };
@@ -491,6 +491,17 @@ export function parseConfigFile(configFile: RawConfigFile, configFileDir?: strin
         }
         return map;
     }
+
+    function parseLinterOptions(raw: RawConfigFile["linterOptions"]): IConfigurationFile["linterOptions"] {
+        if (raw === undefined || raw.exclude === undefined) {
+            return {};
+        }
+        return {
+            exclude: arrayify(raw.exclude).map(
+                (pattern) => configFileDir === undefined ? path.resolve(pattern) : path.resolve(configFileDir, pattern),
+            ),
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 /**

test/configurationTests.ts

@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ describe("Configuration", () => {
                 ruleSeverity: "error",
             });
         });
+
+        it("resolves exclude pattern relative to the configuration file", () => {
+            const config: RawConfigFile = {
+                linterOptions: {
+                    exclude: ["foo.ts", "**/*.d.ts"],
+                },
+            };
+            assert.deepEqual(
+                parseConfigFile(config, "/path").linterOptions,
+                {
+                    exclude: [path.resolve("/path", "foo.ts"), path.resolve("/path", "**/*.d.ts")],
+                },
+            );
+        });
     });
 
     describe("defaultSeverity", () => {

test/executable/executableTests.ts

@@ -164,32 +164,55 @@ describe("Executable", function(this: Mocha.ISuiteCallbackContext) {
     });
 
     describe("Config with excluded files", () => {
-        it("exits with code 1 if linter options doesn't exclude file with lint errors", (done) => {
-            const tempFile = createTempFile("included.ts");
-            fs.writeFileSync(tempFile, "console.log(\"missing semi-colon at end of line\")", { encoding: "utf8" });
-            execCli(["-c", "./test/config/tslint-exclude.json", tempFile], (err) => {
+        it("exits with code 2 if linter options doesn't exclude file with lint errors", (done) => {
+            execCli(["-c", "./test/files/config-exclude/tslint-exclude-one.json", "./test/files/config-exclude/included.ts"], (err) => {
                 assert.isNotNull(err, "process should exit with error");
-                assert.strictEqual(err.code, 1, "error code should be 1");
+                assert.strictEqual(err.code, 2, "error code should be 2");
                 done();
             });
         });
 
         it("exits with code 0 if linter options exclude one file with lint errors", (done) => {
-            const tempFile = createTempFile("excluded.ts");
-            fs.writeFileSync(tempFile, "console.log(\"missing semi-colon at end of line\")", { encoding: "utf8" });
-            execCli(["-c", "./test/config/tslint-exclude-one.json", tempFile], (err) => {
+            execCli(["-c", "./test/files/config-exclude/tslint-exclude-one.json", "./test/rules/config-exclude/excluded.ts"], (err) => {
                 assert.isNull(err, "process should exit without an error");
                 done();
             });
         });
 
         it("exits with code 0 if linter options excludes many files with lint errors", (done) => {
-            const tempFiles = [1, 2].map((x) => createTempFile(`excluded${x}.ts`));
-            tempFiles.forEach((f) => fs.writeFileSync(f, "console.log(\"missing semi-colon at end of line\")", { encoding: "utf8" }));
-            execCli(["-c", "./test/config/tslint-exclude-many.json", ...tempFiles], (err) => {
-                assert.isNull(err, "process should exit without an error");
-                done();
-            });
+            execCli(
+                [
+                    "-c",
+                    "./test/files/config-exclude/tslint-exclude-many.json",
+                    "./test/rules/config-exclude/excluded1.ts",
+                    "./test/rules/config-exclude/subdir/excluded2.ts"],
+                (err) => {
+                    assert.isNull(err, "process should exit without an error");
+                    done();
+                },
+            );
+        });
+
+        it("excludes files relative to tslint.json", (done) => {
+            execCli(
+                ["-c", "./test/files/config-exclude/tslint-exclude-one.json", "./test/files/config-exclude/subdir/excluded.ts"],
+                (err) => {
+                    assert.isNotNull(err, "process should exit an error");
+                    assert.equal(err.code, 2, "exit code should be 2");
+                    done();
+                },
+            );
+        });
+
+        it("excludes files relative to tslint.json they were declared in", (done) => {
+            execCli(
+                ["-c", "./test/files/config-exclude/subdir/tslint-extending.json", "./test/files/config-exclude/subdir/excluded.ts"],
+                (err) => {
+                    assert.isNotNull(err, "process should exit an error");
+                    assert.equal(err.code, 2, "exit code should be 2");
+                    done();
+                },
+            );
         });
     });
 

test/files/config-exclude/excluded.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("missing semicolon at end of line")

test/files/config-exclude/excluded1.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("missing semicolon at end of line")

test/files/config-exclude/included.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("missing semicolon at end of line")

test/files/config-exclude/subdir/excluded.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("missing semicolon at end of line")

test/files/config-exclude/subdir/excluded2.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("missing semicolon at end of line")

test/files/config-exclude/subdir/tslint-extending.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../tslint-exclude-one.json"
+}

test/config/tslint-exclude-one.json → test/files/config-exclude/tslint-exclude-one.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     },
     "linterOptions": {
         "exclude": [
-            "**/*excluded.ts"
+            "excluded.ts"
         ]
     }
 }