Nx: Replacing build with run-commands builder and getting access to configuration "--prod" ?

[iangregsondev]

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Expected Behavior

I have managed to replace my SERVE with a custom run-command and it's working great apart from some formatting issues.

What I would like to do is replace the build command and get access to the config that is passed by the NG CLI.

Example

ng build --prod

So I would like to be able to pick up the configuration value - which should be set to "production" right?

I know we can pass args using args= which is explained here

https://nx.dev/web/api/workspace/builders/run-commands

but how do we pick up the production config, it would be really great to be able to do this, actually get access to ANY arguments sent in - in a script file

here is what I have

      "architect": {
        "build": {
          "builder": "@nrwl/workspace:run-commands",
          "options": {
            "commands": [
              {
                "command": "./scripts/execute.sh"
              }
            ]
          }
        },

So in my execute.sh file, i would love to be able to get access to any arguments sent in.

Actually the SH file can be a node file, i don't mind - just as long as I can pick up the arguments sent in via NG CLI i.e. ng buld --prod

The above would allow custom builds without leaving the comfort of ng build.

Thanks in advance.

[Hotell]

While not ideal, you can do something like following:

dummy script

// @ts-check
const args = process.argv.slice(2);

main();

function main() {
  console.log(args);
}

workspace architect config

you can interpolate arguments within your config

{
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "node ./tools/scripts/execute.js --prod={args.prod}"
    }
  ]
}

now you can run

nx run your-project:build --args='--prod=true'

which will console log [ '--prod=true' ]

Now you need to implement arguments parser on your own... but this API is not very nice DX.

Wondering if allowing standard argument passing would be such a problem ? cc @jaysoo

I guess so, as that would basically force to run all command within commands array, via CLI provided args, which might cause various unpredicted issues

[iangregsondev]

Thanks @Hotell , I will give it a shot.

[GaryB432]

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