Nx: Command for deleting app/lib

[piernik]

Is there a command to delete app or lib?

[Yonet]

No there isn't. If you delete a lib or app 3 things you need to do:

1. Remove the app/lib
   2.Remove the module import if the lib is imported into another app/lib.
   3.Remove the app/lib from .angular-cli.json apps array.

Closing the issue.

[boicetomlin]

Is there any intention to add the ability to delete or remove libs components or apps?

[mohyeid]

I think deleting a library can be very helpful specially when refactoring code! Like splitting a lib into 2, and then delete the original one.

[hadrien-toma]

@Yonet if these steps are deterministic, maybe creating a schematic to do this deletion is not so strange? May we re-open this issue?

[twjacobsen]

Also remember when removing a lib, that dist/.nx-results should be updated - if you're using any if the affected commands. Otherwise, the removed ones will keep succeeding/failing depending on their state prior to removal

[benhastings]

You need to remove the references in angular.json and nx.json (for anyone who stumbles upon this like I did)

[boicetomlin]

You need to remove the references in angular.json and nx.json (for anyone who stumbles upon this like I did)

The idea is to not have to do this - a command to remove a library that does the necessary cleanup.

[dianjuar]

@Yonet Pleace update your solution and add

• Remove the path to your project from the tsconfig.json
• Remove project from nx.json

[demisx]

Shouldn't this be automated? After all, @vsavkin and the gang always advocate for "automating anything you can". Am I missing something?

[nikbabchenko]

That's true, delete command should be there

[jberndsen]

Just adding my two cents here, I would also very much love to have a remove command for apps and libs, which would throw a warning if another app/lib still depends on it and updates the relevant configs (nx.json, workspace.json, tsconfigs, etc.). I really love Nx for the smoothness that the CLI gives me and manually working with the configs dampens that sentiment.

[skorunka]

This would be very helpful.

[aclarturocastro]

If you are using git, just discard changes

[demisx]

@aclarturocastro Unless, you've realized you need to remove some libs later - after a few commits. 😄

[aclarturocastro]

@aclarturocastro Unless, you've realized you need to remove some libs later - after a few commits. 😄

Of course! 😄

[juristr]

Although this issue is closed I'd like to give an update given this is a si much requested feature.

Good news! @jdpearce is actually working on a delete functionality, very much similar to our latest move schematic we have added. So keep an eye on our release log & announcements 😉

[fxck]

For anyone looking for the current way of removing app/lib (in a single list). https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/333#issuecomment-373235524 and https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/333#issuecomment-511418575 combined.

1. Remove the module import if the lib is imported into another app/lib.
2. Remove the app/lib from .angular-cli.json apps array.
3. Remove the path to your project from the tsconfig.json
4. Remove project from nx.json

[jdpearce]

@fxck There's an easier way now - just use nx g @nrwl/workspace:rm <project name>. This was released with version 9.1.3 last week. The docs site hasn't quite caught up yet, but it will soon.

[th3m7J0]

@jdpearce yup works perfectly but, there is a problem if you will create an app by mistake without name it will create the files successfully in the apps folder just do nx g @nrwl/express:app and hit enter for the name of the app and then the problem will occur again. in my case i need to delete them manually from nx.json workspace.json and generated files maybe also proxy.conf.json in you bind it with --frontendProject

[jdpearce]

@th3m7J0 That sounds like a problem with the @nrwl/express:app schematic itself. Can you raise another issue for that, please?

[th3m7J0]

@jdpearce the problem is not only related to @nrwl/express:app i also tried with @nrwl/react:app the diffrence between those if the app name is not specified by mistake (hit enter) :

1. for the express api it will create all generated files inside the apps folder as i sad above.
2. for angular or react it will create two folders the first one with "\t" as name and "\t-e2e".
   In both cases the rm command wont work.

I think you need to fix that, because of the probability of being made by several developers is high.

[puvaasam]

nx g @nrwl/workspace:remove lib-name