This helps ensure we use the same tsconfig.json file for all compilations.
Next steps are to make it the same tsconfig.json file used by the editor
PR Close#20964
Bazel runs on newer version of RxJs than is installed in Yarn. The never version subclasses `EmptyError` in a different way which fails the `instanceof` check. This change makes the `instanceof` check more robust with respect to `EmptyError`.
PR Close#21053
Alex Eagle
Miško Hevery