/tsc-target-name

Primary LanguageTypeScript

Change name of target

What this is

This is a repo that shows that changing the name of a target to something else works.

The trick is to use the new name of the target when trying to call it.

What I did

  1. Generated a new js library that builds with tsc.
  2. Changed the name of the build target to katerina in libs/mylib/project.json.

How to use

  1. pnpm i to install dependencies
  2. nx katerina mylib to build the library

How to see an error

nx build mylib gives you the expected error

npx nx build mylib --verbose

 >  NX   Cannot find configuration for task mylib:build


Error: Cannot find configuration for task mylib:build
    at ProcessTasks.createTask (/Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/create-task-graph.js:156:19)
    at ProcessTasks.processTasks (/Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/create-task-graph.js:23:39)
    at createTaskGraph (/Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/create-task-graph.js:192:21)
    at createTaskGraphAndValidateCycles (/Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.js:69:63)
    at /Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.js:94:31
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/tslib@2.5.3/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:167:75
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.__awaiter (/Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/tslib@2.5.3/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:163:16)
    at /Users/katerina/Projects/nrwl/test_nx_workspaces/tscbuild/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@16.4.0/node_modules/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.js:91:114

Since you changed the name of build to katerina, then it's expected that nx build mylib will fail. However, nx katerina mylib will work.