@gb-nx/cli

This library was generated with Nx.

Nx Plugin adding command line applications in your Nx workspace

Features

Here is a list of some of the coolest features of the plugin:

• ✅ Generation of command line applications
• ✅ You work with the commands and the plugin manages boilerplate
• ✅ Building, testing, etc your projects

Prerequisite

If you have not already, create an Nx workspace with the following:

# npm
npx create-nx-workspace@latest

# yarn
yarn create nx-workspace@latest

Getting Started

Then you need to install the plugin in order to generate cli applications later on.

Installing Plugin

# npm
npm install @gb-nx/cli --save-dev

# yarn
yarn add @gb-nx/cli --dev

Generating Project

Simply run the application generator with the following command:

nx g @gb-nx/cli:application my-app

Working with your Project

nx build my-app

Add a command to the project with the command generator

nx g @gb-nx/cli:command <name> --project my-app

See nx g @gb-nx/cli:command --help for examples with command parameters and options.

You'll want to edit the generated cli.config.json file to document your command. The values from the config file are used to generate the boilerplate for your project.

The refresh generator refreshes your project's boilerplate. See the options below. Run this command when you change your cli.config.json file.

nx g @gb-nx/cli:refresh --project my-app --main --ts --markdown --all

or

nx sync my-app

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
--main	generate the build target main entry point
--markdown	generate the commands.md file in your project root
--ts	generate the typing files for your commands
--all	generate all the things

About nx serve

The nx serve command will run the application with no options or parameters resulting in the message ERROR No command specified. To use nx serve, temporarily edit your main.ts to bypass the argv parsing and run the command you want.

Of course, you want to revert such changes before building and distributing your multi-command CLI.

Alternatively, use a command like the following

nx build your-app;node dist/apps/your-app/main.js your-command your-parameter

If your CLI has only one command, consider using the plain @nx/node:application generator

Migrations

This plugin supports Nx migrations and provides necessary version and code updates. So instead of bumping plugin version manually in package.json it's recommended to run nx migrate @gb-nx/cli command, that includes bumping the version of the @gb-nx/cli plugin, related dependencies and running code migrations.

@gb-nx/cli & Nx Compatibility Chart

@gb-nx/cli version	Nx version
^5.0.0	>=17.0.0
^4.0.0	^17.0.0
^3.0.0	^16.0.0
<3.0.0	^15.0.0

License

MIT