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+{
+	// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=759670
+	// for the documentation about the jsconfig.json format
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"target": "es6",
+		"module": "commonjs",
+		"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
+	},
+	"exclude": [
+		"src",
+		"extensions",
+		"test",
+		"i18n",
+		"out",
+		"out-build",
+		"out-vscode",
+		"out-vscode-min",
+		"resources",
+		"scripts",
+		".build",
+		"node_modules"
+	]
+}