var gulp = require('gulp'); var ts = require('gulp-typescript'); var merge = require('merge2'); var tsProject = ts.createProject('tsconfig.json'); gulp.task('scripts', function() { var tsResult = tsProject.src() // instead of gulp.src(...) .pipe(ts(tsProject)); return tsResult.js.pipe(gulp.dest('release')); }); gulp.task('watch', ['scripts', 'copy'], function() { gulp.watch('src/**/*.ts', ['scripts', 'copy']); }); gulp.task('default', ['watch']); gulp.task('copy', function() { return gulp.src('src/*.json') .pipe(gulp.dest('release/src')); });