title: tell typescript to compile json files
body: <p>The typescript compiler works fine when I import a json file using</p>
  
  <pre><code>const tasks = require('./tasks.json')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, when I run <code>tsc</code>, the output directory does not contain no <code>tasks.json</code> file, causing a runtime error.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to tell the compiler that it should copy all json files, or should I manually copy/paste all my json files into the <code>dist</code> directory ?</p>
  
  <p>my tsc compilerOptions currently reads</p>
  
  <pre><code>  "compilerOptions": {
      "target": "es6",
      "module": "commonjs",
      "sourceMap": true,
      "noImplicitAny": true,
      "removeComments": false,
      "outDir": "./dist/",
      "sourceMap": true,
      "pretty": true,
      "noImplicitThis": true,
      "strictNullChecks": true,
      "sourceMap": true
    },
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks !</p>