Transpile-only doesn't work without tsconfig.json

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transpile-only tsconfig.json TS5109

Expected Behavior

No error

Actual Behavior

TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript: error TS5109: Option 'moduleResolution' must be set to 'NodeNext' (or left unspecified) when option 'module' is set to 'NodeNext'.

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. create stub src/app.ts
2. node -r ts-node/register src/app.ts - ok
3. node -r ts-node/register/transpile-only src/app.ts - error TS5109

Minimal reproduction

https://github.com/vsDizzy/ts-node-app

Specifications

• ts-node version: v10.9.2
• node version: v22.3.0
• TypeScript version: v5.4.5
• tsconfig.json, if you're using one:

N/A

• package.json:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "ts-node": "^10.9.2"
  }
}

• Operating system and version: Win11
• If Windows, are you using WSL or WSL2?: No