fix(core): handle empty positional overrides

packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe('splitArgs', () => {
           base: 'sha1',
           head: 'sha2',
           notNxArg: true,
-          _: ['--override'],
+          override: true,
           $0: '',
         },
         'affected',
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ describe('splitArgs', () => {
         {
           files: [''],
           notNxArg: true,
+          __positional_overrides__: [],
           $0: '',
         },
         'affected',
@@ -111,6 +112,26 @@ describe('splitArgs', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should split non nx specific arguments into target args (with positonal args)', () => {
+    expect(
+      splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
+        {
+          files: [''],
+          notNxArg: true,
+          __positional_overrides__: ['positional'],
+          $0: '',
+        },
+        'affected',
+        {} as any,
+        {} as any
+      ).overrides
+    ).toEqual({
+      _: ['positional'],
+      __overrides_unparsed__: ['positional', '--notNxArg=true'],
+      notNxArg: true,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should only use explicitly provided overrides', () => {
     expect(
       splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(

packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts

@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
     }
   }
   const overridesFromMainArgs = {} as any;
-  if (args['__positional_overrides__']) {
+  if (
+    args['__positional_overrides__'] &&
+    args['__positional_overrides__'].length > 0
+  ) {
     overridesFromMainArgs['_'] = args['__positional_overrides__'];
   }
   const nxArgs: RawNxArgs = {};