--exclude option not working with test files

[lianulloa]

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exclude option test describe expect

Expected Behavior

Typedoc ignores tests files

Actual Behavior

Typedoc throws errors related to test files that should be ignore

Steps to reproduce the bug

I am experiencing this issue now

I am trying to run typedoc like this: npx typedoc --entryPointStrategy Expand --exclude "**/*+(.spec|.test).ts" src/lib

I got the pattern from the docs

// tsconfig.json
{
  //...
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/*.test.{tsx,ts}", "src/test",]
}

Running the command gives error output like

src/lib/styling.test.ts:5:1 - error TS2582: Cannot find name 'describe'. Do you need to install type definitions for a test runner? Try `npm i --save-dev @types/jest` or `npm i --save-dev @types/mocha`.

 describe("getHslColor", () => {
  ~~~~~~~~

I have also tried by running this script inspire by the docs

import * as td from "typedoc";

async function main() {

  // Application.bootstrap also exists, which will not load plugins
  // Also accepts an array of option readers if you want to disable
  // TypeDoc's tsconfig.json/package.json/typedoc.json option readers
  const app = await td.Application.bootstrapWithPlugins({
      // Note: This accepts globs, do not pass paths with backslash path separators!
      entryPoints: ["src/lib/"],
      entryPointStrategy: "Expand",
      exclude: [ "**/*.test.ts", "**/*+(.spec|.test).ts"],
      tsconfig: "tsconfig.json",
      // Other options here
  });
  
  // May be undefined if errors are encountered.
  const project = await app.convert();
  
  if (project) {
      // Generate configured outputs
      await app.generateOutputs(project);
  
      // Alternatively...
      const outputDir = "docs";
      // Generate HTML rendered docs
      await app.generateDocs(project, outputDir);
      // Alternatively generate JSON output
      await app.generateJson(project, outputDir + "/docs.json");
  }
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error(err);
  process.exit(1);
});

Environment

• TypeDoc version: ^0.28.14
• TypeScript version: ^5.9.3
• Node.js version: 22.21.1
• OS: macOS

[Gerrit0]

I suggest reading the description for this option. https://typedoc.org/documents/Options.Input.html#exclude