fix(core): properly throw error when failing to read workspace (#8835)

packages/cli/lib/init-local.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { parseRunOneOptions } from './parse-run-one-options';
 process.env.NX_CLI_SET = 'true';
 
 export function initLocal(workspace: Workspace) {
+  try {
     performance.mark('init-local');
     //nx-ignore-next-line
     require('@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/perf-logging');
@@ -23,18 +24,27 @@ export function initLocal(workspace: Workspace) {
       //nx-ignore-next-line
       require('@nrwl/workspace/src/command-line/supported-nx-commands').supportedNxCommands;
 
-  const runOpts = runOneOptions(workspace);
-  const running = runOpts !== false;
     if (supportedNxCommands.includes(process.argv[2])) {
       // required to make sure nrwl/workspace import works
       //nx-ignore-next-line
-    require('@nrwl/workspace/src/command-line/nx-commands').commandsObject.argv;
+      require('@nrwl/workspace/src/command-line/nx-commands').commandsObject
-  } else if (running) {
+        .argv;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (generating()) {
+      loadCli(workspace, '@nrwl/tao/index.js');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const runOpts = runOneOptions(workspace);
+    const running = runOpts !== false;
+    if (running) {
       //nx-ignore-next-line
       require('@nrwl/workspace/src/command-line/run-one').runOne(runOpts);
-  } else if (generating()) {
+      return;
-    loadCli(workspace, '@nrwl/tao/index.js');
+    }
-  } else {
+
     if (workspace.type === 'nx') {
       loadCli(workspace, '@nrwl/tao/index.js');
     } else {
@@ -96,6 +106,9 @@ export function initLocal(workspace: Workspace) {
         loadCli(workspace, '@angular/cli/lib/init.js');
       }
     }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e.message);
+    process.exit(1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -112,7 +125,6 @@ function loadCli(workspace: Workspace, cliPath: string) {
 function runOneOptions(
   workspace: Workspace
 ): false | { project; target; configuration; parsedArgs } {
-  try {
   const workspaceConfig = new Workspaces(
     workspace.dir
   ).readWorkspaceConfiguration();
@@ -122,9 +134,6 @@ function runOneOptions(
     workspaceConfig,
     process.argv.slice(2)
   );
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
 }
 
 function generating(): boolean {