Cannot set custom path for .tscache directory

[beebs93]

It would be very helpful to specify the base path for the .tscache directory in the task options (similar to ESLint Grunt task). Our build system expects such artifacts to be under a specific sub-directory under the project's root path so we have to add some work-arounds to accommodate this limitation.

[nycdotnet]

Sounds good. PRs certainly accepted, for example adding a tscachelocation to the options.

[beebs93]

@nycdotnet Sure, or maybe something like tscacheDir to follow the naming convention of other directory related options.

It seems the cache directory is hardcoded in tasks/modules/cacheUtils.ts. Would you prefer changing all clients of cacheUtils to pass the tasks options object forward or change cacheUtils to export a class with its constructor taking a cacheDir:string param?

[nycdotnet]

tscacheDir works for me. Either of those strategies works for me, or honestly it looks like it's only used in three places, all of which are pure functions. Might just be worth adding an argument to each and moving the default value up to where options are meant to be defaulted.

Here's the docs for adding new features: https://github.com/TypeStrong/grunt-ts/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

If you submit a PR, I will absolutely review it. Thank you for considering this contribution.

[beebs93]

415 submitted.

[nycdotnet]

Should be available in v6.0.0-beta.17. Thanks for your contribution. You even documented it!