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## Configuration inheritance with `extends`

A `tsconfig.json` file can inherit configurations from another file using the `extends` property.
A `tsconfig.json` file can inherit partial configurations from another file using the `extends` property.
Currently, the only top-level property that is excluded from inheritance is `references`.

The `extends` is a top-level property in `tsconfig.json` (alongside `compilerOptions`, `files`, `include`, and `exclude`).
`extends`' value is a string containing a path to another configuration file to inherit from.
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`files`, `include` and `exclude` from the inheriting config file *overwrite* those from the base config file.

All relative paths found in the configuration file will be resolved relative to the configuration file they originated in.
Properties with relative paths found in the configuration file, which aren't excluded from inheritance, will be resolved relative to the configuration file they originated in.

For example:

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