fix(angular): set default project if not set when creating an application (#10789)

packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   parseJson,
   readJson,
   readProjectConfiguration,
+  readWorkspaceConfiguration,
   updateJson,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nrwl/devkit/testing';
@@ -204,6 +205,29 @@ describe('app', () => {
       const appTsConfig = readJson(appTree, 'apps/app/tsconfig.json');
       expect(appTsConfig.extends).toBe('../../tsconfig.json');
     });
+
+    it('should set default project', async () => {
+      // ACT
+      await generateApp(appTree);
+
+      // ASSERT
+      const { defaultProject } = readWorkspaceConfiguration(appTree);
+      expect(defaultProject).toBe('my-app');
+    });
+
+    it('should not overwrite default project if already set', async () => {
+      // ARRANGE
+      const workspace = readWorkspaceConfiguration(appTree);
+      workspace.defaultProject = 'some-awesome-project';
+      devkit.updateWorkspaceConfiguration(appTree, workspace);
+
+      // ACT
+      await generateApp(appTree);
+
+      // ASSERT
+      const { defaultProject } = readWorkspaceConfiguration(appTree);
+      expect(defaultProject).toBe('some-awesome-project');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('nested', () => {

packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   enableStrictTypeChecking,
   normalizeOptions,
   setApplicationStrictDefault,
+  setDefaultProject,
   updateAppComponentTemplate,
   updateComponentSpec,
   updateConfigFiles,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ export async function applicationGenerator(
   await addUnitTestRunner(host, options);
   await addE2e(host, options);
   updateEditorTsConfig(host, options);
+  setDefaultProject(host, options);
 
   if (options.backendProject) {
     addProxyConfig(host, options);

packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/index.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export * from './nrwl-home-tpl';
 export * from './remove-scaffolded-e2e';
 export * from './root-router-config';
 export * from './set-app-strict-default';
+export * from './set-default-project';
 export * from './update-component-spec';
 export * from './update-app-component-template';
 export * from './update-nx-component-template';

packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/set-default-project.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import {
+  readWorkspaceConfiguration,
+  updateWorkspaceConfiguration,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
+
+export function setDefaultProject(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema): void {
+  const workspace = readWorkspaceConfiguration(tree);
+
+  if (!workspace.defaultProject) {
+    workspace.defaultProject = options.name;
+    updateWorkspaceConfiguration(tree, workspace);
+  }
+}