tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    /* Language and Environment */
    "target": "es2016" /* Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations. */,

    /* Modules */
    "module": "commonjs" /* Specify what module code is generated. */,
    "baseUrl": "." /* Specify the base directory to resolve non-relative module names. */,
    "resolveJsonModule": true /* Enable importing .json files. */,

    /* Emit */
    "declaration": true /* Generate .d.ts files from TypeScript and JavaScript files in your project. */,
    "outDir": "dist" /* Specify an output folder for all emitted files. */,
    // "removeComments": true,                           /* Disable emitting comments. */

    /* Interop Constraints */
    "esModuleInterop": true /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports' for type compatibility. */,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */,

    /* Type Checking */
    "strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,

    /* Completeness */
    "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */
  },
  "include": [
    "./src/index.ts",
    "./src/cli/index.ts",
    "./src/changelog-generator.ts",
    "./package.json",
    "./README.md"
  ],
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
}