Deprecate --outFile

[Ryan Cavanaugh (RyanCavanaugh)]

Fixes #62980

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request deprecates the --outFile compiler option in TypeScript, aligning with the broader effort to phase out legacy module bundling features in favor of modern bundlers.

Changes:

• Added deprecation error TS5101 for the --outFile option across the compiler test suite
• Updated baseline files to reflect the new deprecation warning in error outputs

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
All .errors.txt files in tests/baselines/reference/	Updated baseline error outputs to include TS5101 deprecation warning for --outFile option
outFileIsDeprecated.types, outFileIsDeprecated.symbols, outFileIsDeprecated.js	New baseline files for test validating the deprecation warning
multipleDeclarations.types, methodsReturningThis.types, jsdocReadonlyDeclarations.types, etc.	Minor formatting changes in type baseline files (additional line number annotations)

[Jake Bailey (jakebailey)]

I will dare

TypeScript Bot (@typescript-bot) user test this
TypeScript Bot (@typescript-bot) test top800

[TypeScript Bot (typescript-bot)]

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[TypeScript Bot (typescript-bot)]

Jake Bailey (@jakebailey) Here are the results of running the user tests with tsc comparing main and refs/pull/62981/merge:

There were infrastructure failures potentially unrelated to your change:

• 1 instance of "Package install failed"
• 1 instance of "Git clone failed"

Otherwise...

Everything looks good!

[TypeScript Bot (typescript-bot)]

Jake Bailey (@jakebailey) Here are the results of running the top 800 repos with tsc comparing main and refs/pull/62981/merge:

Everything looks good!