Error compiling JavaScript files in Angular 5 CLI project

[daveryderoxford]

Versions

  Angular CLI: 1.6.2
    Node: 6.10.0
    OS: darwin x64
    Angular: 5.1.2
    ... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
    ... http, language-service, platform-browser
    ... platform-browser-dynamic, router

    @angular/cli: 1.6.2
    @angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.0.36
    @angular-devkit/core: 0.0.22
    @angular-devkit/schematics: 0.0.42
    @ngtools/json-schema: 1.1.0
    @ngtools/webpack: 1.9.2
    @schematics/angular: 0.1.11
    @schematics/schematics: 0.0.11
    typescript: 2.4.2
    webpack: 3.10.0

Repro steps

• Create an empty CLI (1.6.2) project (ng new test2). The project runs fine.
• Modify tsconfig.json to include the line allowJs": true, to compile/bundle Javascript files
• Create a simple Javascript file (eg test.js with content i=1;) in the app folder.
• Build fails in Angular 5 (ng build) with the error below.

test2.zip

Observed behavior

Build fails with the error below:

"ERROR in error TS5055: Cannot write file 
'/Users/user/Documents/workspace/test2/src/app/test.js' because it would 
overwrite input file.  Adding a tsconfig.json file will help organize 
projects that contain both TypeScript and JavaScript files. Learn more at 
https://aka.ms/tsconfig."

Desired behavior

The js file is copied to the out-tsc directory and included in the output bundle.

Mention any other details that might be useful (optional)

In Angular 4 JS file is compiled to the output directory specified in the outDir parameter and included in the final bundle.

[masfaraud]

Same behavior observed.

[filipesilva]

There is a work in progress PR for this bug in #8930.

[wilsoncook]

Same problem with ts + js

[gregjacobs]

@filipesilva Any update on this issue? We have a massive Angular 1 + Angular 5 project, and about 500 source files that are still .js

For some reason the @ngtools/webpack plugin is trying to write out our .js files over themselves when compiling with AOT (even though those .js files are ng1)

Is there perhaps a way we can have the plugin force overwrite these files for the moment (since it's all done in memory anyway), or ignore them?

[filipesilva]

#8930 was merged and should be out in the 1.7 release.

[gregjacobs]

Thanks @filipesilva!

[daveryderoxford]

@filipesilva Many thanks. Working fine now.

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