From 612be2967e467d5d45a378972b6f7c4a1015f524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Dalrymple <mike@mousedown.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:02:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] docs: emitDecoratorMetadata Documentation for issue 288
 (#345)

* emitDecoratorMetadata Documentation for issue 288
* Revised to reflect confirmation that the emitDecoratorMetadata is required with Angular 9 (i.e. Angular 8 and higher)
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 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb4e892653..4adfe78d51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,7 +233,14 @@ Problems may arise if you're using custom builds (this preset is tailored for `a
 
 ### Can't resolve all parameters for SomeClass(?)
 
-This is related to Angular's reflection and also depends on a reflection library, as e. g. included in `core-js`. We use our own minimal reflection that satisfy Angular's current requirements, but in case these change, you can install `core-js` and import the reflection library in your `setupJest.ts`:
+With Angular 8 and higher, a [change to the way the Angular CLI works](https://github.com/thymikee/jest-preset-angular/issues/288) may be causing your metadata to be lost.  You can update your `tsconfig.spec.json` to include the `emitDecoratorMetadata` compiler option:
+
+```
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true
+```
+
+In general, this is related to Angular's reflection and also depends on a reflection library, as e. g. included in `core-js`. We use our own minimal reflection that satisfy Angular's current requirements, but in case these change, you can install `core-js` and import the reflection library in your `setupJest.ts`:
 ```typescript
 require('core-js/es/reflect');
 require('core-js/proposals/reflect-metadata');