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Block Tags Warning

If using a custom tag, TypeDoc (since 0.26) will generate the following warning:

[warning] Encountered an unknown block tag @description

To suppress this warning you have two options.

1. Using the --blockTags TypeDoc option:

You can extend the tag defaults by using a JavaScript configuration file:

import { OptionDefaults } from 'typedoc';
 
const config = {
  blockTags: [...OptionDefaults.blockTags, '@description', '@author'],
};

See https://typedoc.org/options/comments/#blocktags .

2. Adding a tsdoc.json file:

You add a tsdoc.json file next to your tsconfig.json file and include the @source tag name.

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/tsdoc/v0/tsdoc.schema.json",
  "extends": ["typedoc/tsdoc.json"],
  "tagDefinitions": [
    {
      "tagName": "@description",
      "syntaxKind": "block"
    },
    {
      "tagName": "@author",
      "syntaxKind": "block"
    }
  ]
}

See https://typedoc.org/options/configuration/#tsconfig .

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