TypeScript complains about overwriting .d.ts files

[sguillia]

TypeScript Version: Version 3.8.0-dev.20191206

Search Terms: overwrite .d.ts declaration

Steps to reproduce

The repo is a minimal working example and contains practically no code.

git clone https://github.com/sguillia/ts-bug-repro
cd ts-bug-repro
tsc -p . # Ignore error about missing .d.ts
tsc -p .

Expected behavior:

Compiles without error, by ignoring the dist folder as specified in the tsconfig.json.

Actual behavior:

The second tsc run spits out an error.

error TS5055: Cannot write file '/home/user/ts-bug-repro/dist/main.d.ts' because it would overwrite input file.

Found 1 error.

Related Issues:

Not a valid duplicate because it is old, misses version information and misses easy-to-reproduce steps
#16749

Look for error TS5055. The FAQ mentions this error but takes the assumption that we have allowJs which is untrue in my case.
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/FAQ#common-bugs-that-arent-bugs

[RyanCavanaugh]

I'm not sure what to say; the error message is accurate and you've configured your project in a way to produce the problem described by the error message. TypeScript will not proceed with a compilation where an output overwrites an input; you can either fix this by having inputs in a different location or outputs in a different location, it's up to you.

[sguillia]

Dear @RyanCavanaugh ,

I would like all my inputs to be in src.
I would like all my outputs to be in dist.

This means that I would like typescript to consider the .d.ts files as output files since they are in dist.

I did not manage to do this.
I am confused as I tried to set rootDir, outDir, include and exclude accordlingly here but I still have the error.

How can I get Typescript to not consider the .d.ts as input files?

Many thanks

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