Set default types array to []; support "*" wildcard

src/compiler/checker.ts

@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ import {
     UnionType,
     UnionTypeNode,
     UniqueESSymbolType,
+    usesWildcardTypes,
     usingSingleLineStringWriter,
     VariableDeclaration,
     VariableDeclarationList,
@@ -27628,27 +27629,27 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
             case "console":
                 return Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_change_your_target_library_Try_changing_the_lib_compiler_option_to_include_dom;
             case "$":
-                return compilerOptions.types
-                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_jQuery_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjquery_and_then_add_jquery_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig
-                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_jQuery_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjquery;
+                return usesWildcardTypes(compilerOptions)
+                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_jQuery_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjquery
+                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_jQuery_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjquery_and_then_add_jquery_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig;
             case "describe":
             case "suite":
             case "it":
             case "test":
-                return compilerOptions.types
-                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_a_test_runner_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjest_or_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashmocha_and_then_add_jest_or_mocha_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig
-                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_a_test_runner_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjest_or_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashmocha;
+                return usesWildcardTypes(compilerOptions)
+                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_a_test_runner_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjest_or_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashmocha
+                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_a_test_runner_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashjest_or_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashmocha_and_then_add_jest_or_mocha_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig;
             case "process":
             case "require":
             case "Buffer":
             case "module":
-                return compilerOptions.types
-                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_node_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashnode_and_then_add_node_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig
-                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_node_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashnode;
+                return usesWildcardTypes(compilerOptions)
+                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_node_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashnode
+                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_node_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashnode_and_then_add_node_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig;
             case "Bun":
-                return compilerOptions.types
-                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_Bun_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashbun_and_then_add_bun_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig
-                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_Bun_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashbun;
+                return usesWildcardTypes(compilerOptions)
+                    ? Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_Bun_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashbun
+                    : Diagnostics.Cannot_find_name_0_Do_you_need_to_install_type_definitions_for_Bun_Try_npm_i_save_dev_types_Slashbun_and_then_add_bun_to_the_types_field_in_your_tsconfig;
             case "Map":
             case "Set":
             case "Promise":

src/compiler/moduleNameResolver.ts

@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ import {
     emptyArray,
     endsWith,
     ensureTrailingDirectorySeparator,
+    equateValues,
     every,
     Extension,
     extensionIsTS,
     fileExtensionIs,
     fileExtensionIsOneOf,
     filter,
     firstDefined,
+    flatten,
     forEach,
     forEachAncestorDirectory,
     formatMessage,
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ import {
     tryExtractTSExtension,
     tryGetExtensionFromPath,
     tryParsePatterns,
+    usesWildcardTypes,
     Version,
     version,
     versionMajorMinor,
@@ -803,18 +806,17 @@ export function resolvePackageNameToPackageJson(
  * Given a set of options, returns the set of type directive names
  *   that should be included for this program automatically.
  * This list could either come from the config file,
- *   or from enumerating the types root + initial secondary types lookup location.
+ *   and/or from enumerating the types root + initial secondary types lookup location given "*" compat wildcard.
  * More type directives might appear in the program later as a result of loading actual source files;
  *   this list is only the set of defaults that are implicitly included.
  */
 export function getAutomaticTypeDirectiveNames(options: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): string[] {
-    // Use explicit type list from tsconfig.json
-    if (options.types) {
-        return options.types;
+    if (!usesWildcardTypes(options)) {
+        return options.types ?? [];
     }
 
     // Walk the primary type lookup locations
-    const result: string[] = [];
+    const wildcardMatches: string[] = [];
     if (host.directoryExists && host.getDirectories) {
         const typeRoots = getEffectiveTypeRoots(options, host);
         if (typeRoots) {
@@ -833,15 +835,18 @@ export function getAutomaticTypeDirectiveNames(options: CompilerOptions, host: M
                             // At this stage, skip results with leading dot.
                             if (baseFileName.charCodeAt(0) !== CharacterCodes.dot) {
                                 // Return just the type directive names
-                                result.push(baseFileName);
+                                wildcardMatches.push(baseFileName);
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
-    return result;
+
+    // Order potentially matters in program construction, so substitute
+    // in the wildcard in the position it was specified in the types array
+    return deduplicate(flatten(options.types.map(t => t === "*" ? wildcardMatches : t)), equateValues);
 }
 
 export interface TypeReferenceDirectiveResolutionCache extends PerDirectoryResolutionCache<ResolvedTypeReferenceDirectiveWithFailedLookupLocations>, NonRelativeNameResolutionCache<ResolvedTypeReferenceDirectiveWithFailedLookupLocations>, PackageJsonInfoCache {

src/compiler/programDiagnostics.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import {
     removeSuffix,
     SourceFile,
     TsConfigSourceFile,
+    usesWildcardTypes,
 } from "./_namespaces/ts.js";
 
 interface FileReasonToChainCache {
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ export function createProgramDiagnostics(getCompilerOptionsObjectLiteralSyntax:
                     ) :
                     undefined;
             case FileIncludeKind.AutomaticTypeDirectiveFile:
-                if (!options.types) return undefined;
+                if (usesWildcardTypes(options)) return undefined;
                 configFileNode = getOptionsSyntaxByArrayElementValue(getCompilerOptionsObjectLiteralSyntax(), "types", reason.typeReference);
                 message = Diagnostics.File_is_entry_point_of_type_library_specified_here;
                 break;

src/compiler/utilities.ts

@@ -8971,6 +8971,14 @@ export function importSyntaxAffectsModuleResolution(options: CompilerOptions): b
         || getResolvePackageJsonImports(options);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Returns true if this option's types array includes "*"
+ */
+export function usesWildcardTypes(options: CompilerOptions): options is CompilerOptions & { types: string[]; } {
+    return some(options.types, t => t === "*");
+}
+
 type CompilerOptionKeys = keyof { [K in keyof CompilerOptions as string extends K ? never : K]: any; };
 function createComputedCompilerOptions<T extends Record<string, CompilerOptionKeys[]>>(
     options: {

src/compiler/watch.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import {
     sourceMapCommentRegExpDontCareLineStart,
     sys,
     System,
+    usesWildcardTypes,
     WatchCompilerHost,
     WatchCompilerHostOfConfigFile,
     WatchCompilerHostOfFilesAndCompilerOptions,
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ export function fileIncludeReasonToDiagnostics(program: Program, reason: FileInc
                 options.outFile ? "--outFile" : "--out",
             );
         case FileIncludeKind.AutomaticTypeDirectiveFile: {
-            const messageAndArgs: DiagnosticAndArguments = options.types ?
+            const messageAndArgs: DiagnosticAndArguments = !usesWildcardTypes(options) ?
                 reason.packageId ?
                     [Diagnostics.Entry_point_of_type_library_0_specified_in_compilerOptions_with_packageId_1, reason.typeReference, packageIdToString(reason.packageId)] :
                     [Diagnostics.Entry_point_of_type_library_0_specified_in_compilerOptions, reason.typeReference] :

src/jsTyping/jsTyping.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
     some,
     toFileNameLowerCase,
     TypeAcquisition,
+    usesWildcardTypes,
     Version,
     versionMajorMinor,
 } from "./_namespaces/ts.js";
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export function discoverTypings(
     const exclude = typeAcquisition.exclude || [];
 
     // Directories to search for package.json, bower.json and other typing information
-    if (!compilerOptions.types) {
+    if (usesWildcardTypes(compilerOptions)) {
         const possibleSearchDirs = new Set(fileNames.map(getDirectoryPath));
         possibleSearchDirs.add(projectRootPath);
         possibleSearchDirs.forEach(searchDir => {