Let's start out a tad more conservative

knip.json

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
       "entry": [
         "{remark,scripts}/*.ts",
         "src/components/{Head,Header,Footer}.astro!"
-      ],
-      "ignore": "config.ts"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }

packages/knip/src/util/handle-referenced-dependency.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const getReferencedDependencyHandler =
         workspace: workspace.name,
         symbol: packageName ?? specifier,
       });
-    } else if (!isGitIgnored(filePath)) {
+    } else if (!isConfigPattern(dependency) && !isGitIgnored(filePath)) {
       collector.addIssue({
         type: 'unresolved',
         filePath: containingFilePath,

packages/knip/test/npm-scripts.test.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ test('Unused dependencies in npm scripts', async () => {
     dependencies: 1,
     devDependencies: 1,
     binaries: 2,
-    unresolved: 1,
     processed: 2,
     total: 2,
   });
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ test('Unused dependencies in npm scripts (strict)', async () => {
     ...baseCounters,
     files: 1,
     dependencies: 2,
-    unresolved: 1,
     processed: 1,
     total: 2,
   });

packages/knip/test/plugins/angular2.test.ts

@@ -8,16 +8,13 @@ import baseCounters from '../helpers/baseCounters.js';
 const cwd = resolve('fixtures/plugins/angular2');
 
 test('Find dependencies with the Angular plugin (2)', async () => {
-  const { issues, counters } = await main({
+  const { counters } = await main({
     ...baseArguments,
     cwd,
   });
 
-  assert(issues.unresolved['angular.json']['tsconfig.spec.json']);
-
   assert.deepEqual(counters, {
     ...baseCounters,
-    unresolved: 1,
     processed: 2,
     total: 2,
   });