ci: Setup TS project references for nodes-base, and stop packaging tests in the npm package (no-changelog) (#5635)

packages/nodes-base/package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf dist .turbo",
     "dev": "pnpm watch",
-    "build": "tsc && gulp build:icons && gulp build:translations && pnpm build:metadata",
+    "typecheck": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json && gulp build:icons && gulp build:translations && pnpm build:metadata",
     "build:translations": "gulp build:translations",
     "build:metadata": "pnpm n8n-generate-known && pnpm n8n-generate-ui-types",
     "format": "prettier --write . --ignore-path ../../.prettierignore",

packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.build.json

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+	"extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"outDir": "dist",
+		"types": ["node"],
+		"noEmit": false,
+		"tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/build.tsbuildinfo"
+	},
+	"include": [
+		"credentials/**/*.ts",
+		"nodes/**/*.ts",
+		"nodes/**/*.json",
+		"credentials/translations/**/*.json"
+	],
+	"exclude": ["nodes/**/*.test.ts", "test/**"]
+}

packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 {
 	"extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
-		"outDir": "dist",
 		"lib": ["dom", "es2020", "es2022.error"],
 		"types": ["node", "jest"],
+		"noEmit": true,
 		// TODO: remove all options below this line
 		"noImplicitReturns": false,
 		"noUnusedLocals": false,
 		"useUnknownInCatchVariables": false
 	},
-	"include": [
-		"credentials/**/*.ts",
-		"nodes/**/*.ts",
-		"nodes/**/*.json",
-		"credentials/translations/**/*.json"
+	"include": ["credentials/**/*.ts", "nodes/**/*.ts"],
+	"references": [
+		{ "path": "../workflow/tsconfig.build.json" },
+		{ "path": "../core/tsconfig.build.json" }
 	]
 }