TypeScript removing comments where it shouldn't

[qyoz]

comment.ts

if (false) {
    //I will be removed
}
//I will be removed
else {
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
    //I will be removed
}

try{
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
    //I will be removed
}
//I will be removed
catch(e){
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
    //I will be removed
}

comment.js

if (false) {
}
else {
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
}
try {
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
}
catch (e) {
    //I will not be removed
    var tmp;
}

Are there any additional flags that can be set for TS to keep all comments?

Same issue from CodePlex

[JoshMcCullough]

I have "Keep comments in JavaScript output" checked but my header comment, at the top of my TS is being ignored. Really, I only want to keep comments in the /** Comment */ format for documentation purposes, and this is mostly working. The header comment is something like this:

/** Whatever JavaScript API v1.2.3.4 */
module whatever {
    export class API { ... }
}

The comment on the first line is excluded meanwhile other comments in the file are kept.

[qyoz]

@JoshMcCullough Block comments are also excluded at those locations (end of if/try statements).
I know comments at the top of file are kept, but this is not what I need.

[JoshMcCullough]

I wasn't suggesting a solution to your problem, I was suggesting that comments at the top of my TS file are being excluded from the JS. E.g., we're in the same boat - our comments are being stripped!

[qyoz]

+1

[mhegazy]

PRs are welcomed