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+// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
+// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
+// ${file}: the current opened file
+// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
+// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
+// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
+// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
+{
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    // The command is tsc. Assumes that tsc has been installed using npm install -g typescript
+    "command": "make",
+    // The command is a shell script
+    "isShellCommand": false,
+    // Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+    "showOutput": "never", // FIXME: workaround for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3928
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "taskName": "build",
+            "args": ["all"],
+            "isBuildCommand": true,
+            // use the standard tsc problem matcher to find compile problems
+            // in the output.
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+        },
+        {
+            "taskName": "test-all-local",
+            "args": [
+                "test-all-local"
+            ],
+            "isTestCommand": true,
+            // use the standard tsc problem matcher to find compile problems
+            // in the output.
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+        }
+    ]
+}
+// A task runner that calls the Typescript compiler (tsc) and
+// Compiles a HelloWorld.ts program
+// {
+// 	"version": "0.1.0",
+// 	// The command is tsc. Assumes that tsc has been installed using npm install -g typescript
+// 	"command": "tsc",
+// 	// The command is a shell script
+// 	"isShellCommand": true,
+// 	// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+// 	"showOutput": "silent",
+// 	// args is the HelloWorld program to compile.
+// 	"args": ["HelloWorld.ts"],
+// 	// use the standard tsc problem matcher to find compile problems
+// 	// in the output.
+// 	"problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+// }
+// A task runner that calls the Typescript compiler (tsc) and
+// compiles based on a tsconfig.json file that is present in
+// the root of the folder open in VSCode
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+
+	// The command is tsc. Assumes that tsc has been installed using npm install -g typescript
+	"command": "tsc",
+
+	// The command is a shell script
+	"isShellCommand": true,
+
+	// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+	"showOutput": "silent",
+
+	// Tell the tsc compiler to use the tsconfig.json from the open folder.
+	"args": ["-p", "."],
+
+	// use the standard tsc problem matcher to find compile problems
+	// in the output.
+	"problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+}
+*/
+// A task runner configuration for gulp. Gulp provides a less task
+// which compiles less to css.
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"command": "gulp",
+	"isShellCommand": true,
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"taskName": "less",
+			// Make this the default build command.
+			"isBuildCommand": true,
+			// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+			"showOutput": "silent",
+			// Use the standard less compilation problem matcher.
+			"problemMatcher": "$lessCompile"
+		}
+	]
+}
+*/
+// Uncomment the following section to use jake to build a workspace
+// cloned from https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript.git
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	// Task runner is jake
+	"command": "jake",
+	// Need to be executed in shell / cmd
+	"isShellCommand": true,
+	"showOutput": "silent",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			// TS build command is local.
+			"taskName": "local",
+			// Make this the default build command.
+			"isBuildCommand": true,
+			// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+			"showOutput": "silent",
+			// Use the redefined Typescript output problem matcher.
+			"problemMatcher": [
+				"$tsc"
+			]
+		}
+	]
+}
+*/
+// Uncomment the section below to use msbuild and generate problems
+// for csc, cpp, tsc and vb. The configuration assumes that msbuild
+// is available on the path and a solution file exists in the
+// workspace folder root.
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"command": "msbuild",
+	"args": [
+		// Ask msbuild to generate full paths for file names.
+		"/property:GenerateFullPaths=true"
+	],
+	"taskSelector": "/t:",
+	"showOutput": "silent",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"taskName": "build",
+			// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+			"showOutput": "silent",
+			// Use the standard MS compiler pattern to detect errors, warnings
+			// and infos in the output.
+			"problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+		}
+	]
+}
+*/
+// Uncomment the following section to use msbuild which compiles Typescript
+// and less files.
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"command": "msbuild",
+	"args": [
+		// Ask msbuild to generate full paths for file names.
+		"/property:GenerateFullPaths=true"
+	],
+	"taskSelector": "/t:",
+	"showOutput": "silent",
+	"tasks": [
+		{
+			"taskName": "build",
+			// Show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
+			"showOutput": "silent",
+			// Use the standard MS compiler pattern to detect errors, warnings
+			// and infos in the output.
+			"problemMatcher": [
+				"$msCompile",
+				"$lessCompile"
+			]
+		}
+	]
+}
+*/
+// A task runner example that defines a problemMatcher inline instead of using
+// a predefined one.
+/*
+{
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"command": "tsc",
+	"isShellCommand": true,
+	"args": ["HelloWorld.ts"],
+	"showOutput": "silent",
+	"problemMatcher": {
+		// The problem is owned by the typescript language service. Ensure that the problems
+		// are merged with problems produced by Visual Studio's language service.
+		"owner": "typescript",
+		// The file name for reported problems is relative to the current working directory.
+		"fileLocation": ["relative", "${cwd}"],
+		// The actual pattern to match problems in the output.
+		"pattern": {
+			// The regular expression. Matches HelloWorld.ts(2,10): error TS2339: Property 'logg' does not exist on type 'Console'.
+			"regexp": "^([^\\s].*)\\((\\d+|\\d+,\\d+|\\d+,\\d+,\\d+,\\d+)\\):\\s+(error|warning|info)\\s+(TS\\d+)\\s*:\\s*(.*)$",
+			// The match group that denotes the file containing the problem.
+			"file": 1,
+			// The match group that denotes the problem location.
+			"location": 2,
+			// The match group that denotes the problem's severity. Can be omitted.
+			"severity": 3,
+			// The match group that denotes the problem code. Can be omitted.
+			"code": 4,
+			// The match group that denotes the problem's message.
+			"message": 5
+		}
+	}
+}
+*/ 
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