[javascript] How to ignore a particular directory or file for tslint?

The IDE being used is WebStorm 11.0.3, the tslint is configured and works, but, it hangs because it tries to parse large *.d.ts library files.

Is there a way to ignore a particular file or directory?

I had to use the **/* syntax to exclude the files in a folder:

    "linterOptions": {
        "exclude": [
          "src/auto-generated/**/*",
          "src/app/auto-generated/**/*"
        ]
    },

Currently using Visual Studio Code and the command to disable tslint is

/* tslint:disable */

Something to note. The disable above disables ALL tslint rules on that page. If you want to disable a specific rule you can specify one/multiple rules.

/* tslint:disable comment-format */
/* tslint:disable:rule1 rule2 rule3 etc.. */

Or enable a rule

/* tslint:enable comment-format */

More in depth on TSLint rule flags

In addition to Michael's answer, consider a second way: adding linterOptions.exclude to tslint.json

For example, you may have tslint.json with following lines:

{
  "linterOptions": {
    "exclude": [
      "someDirectory/*.d.ts"
    ]
  }
}

There are others who encountered the problem. Unfortunately, there is only an open issue for excluding files: https://github.com/palantir/tslint/issues/73

So I'm afraid the answer is no.

Starting from tslint v5.8.0 you can set an exclude property under your linterOptions key in your tslint.json file:

{
  "extends": "tslint:latest",
  "linterOptions": {
      "exclude": [
          "bin",
          "**/__test__",
          "lib/*generated.js"
      ]
  }
}

More information on this here.

Can confirm that on version tslint 5.11.0 it works by modifying lint script in package.json by defining exclude argument:

"lint": "ng lint --exclude src/models/** --exclude package.json"

Cheers!!

linterOptions is currently only handled by the CLI. If you're not using CLI then depending on the code base you're using you'll need to set the ignore somewhere else. webpack, tsconfig, etc

As an addition

To disable all rules for the next line // tslint:disable-next-line

To disable specific rules for the next line: // tslint:disable-next-line:rule1 rule2...

To disable all rules for the current line: someCode(); // tslint:disable-line

To disable specific rules for the current line: someCode(); // tslint:disable-line:rule1

add the section in your code example

"linterOptions": {
"exclude": [
  "node_modules/**/*.",
  "db/**/*.",
  "integrations/**/*."
]

},