feat(core): split nx config to project files (#5880)

docs/angular/api-angular/generators/application.md

@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip creating spec files.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/angular/api-angular/generators/library.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/angular/api-express/generators/application.md

@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/angular/api-gatsby/generators/application.md

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Whether or not to configure the ESLint "parserOptions.project" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/angular/api-nest/generators/application.md

@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/angular/api-next/generators/application.md

@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style)
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/angular/api-node/generators/application.md

@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/angular/api-node/generators/library.md

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.base.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

docs/angular/api-nx-devkit/index.md

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Callback to install dependencies only if necessary. undefined is returned if cha
 
 ### addProjectConfiguration
 
-▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration)): _void_
+▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration), `standalone?`: _boolean_): _void_
 
 Adds project configuration to the Nx workspace.
 
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ both files.
 
 #### Parameters
 
-| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                                    | Description                                                             |
+| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                                    | Default value | Description                                                             |
-| :--------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| :--------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                            | the file system tree                                                    |
+| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                            | -             | the file system tree                                                    |
-| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                                | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
+| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                                | -             | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
-| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | project configuration                                                   |
+| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../angular/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | -             | project configuration                                                   |
+| `standalone`           | _boolean_                                                                                                                                                               | false         | -                                                                       |
 
 **Returns:** _void_
 

docs/angular/api-nx-plugin/generators/plugin.md

@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Alias(es): t

docs/angular/api-react/generators/application.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style).
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/angular/api-react/generators/library.md

@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/angular/api-react/generators/storybook-configuration.md

@@ -77,3 +77,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Project name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/angular/api-storybook/generators/configuration.md

@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### uiFramework
 
 Type: `string`

docs/angular/api-storybook/generators/cypress-project.md

@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/angular/api-web/generators/application.md

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip formatting files
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Default: `css`

docs/angular/api-workspace/generators/library.md

@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

docs/node/api-angular/generators/application.md

@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip creating spec files.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/node/api-angular/generators/library.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/node/api-express/generators/application.md

@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/node/api-gatsby/generators/application.md

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Whether or not to configure the ESLint "parserOptions.project" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/node/api-nest/generators/application.md

@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/node/api-next/generators/application.md

@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style)
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/node/api-node/generators/application.md

@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/node/api-node/generators/library.md

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.base.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

docs/node/api-nx-devkit/index.md

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Callback to install dependencies only if necessary. undefined is returned if cha
 
 ### addProjectConfiguration
 
-▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration)): _void_
+▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration), `standalone?`: _boolean_): _void_
 
 Adds project configuration to the Nx workspace.
 
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ both files.
 
 #### Parameters
 
-| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                              | Description                                                             |
+| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                              | Default value | Description                                                             |
-| :--------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| :--------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                         | the file system tree                                                    |
+| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                         | -             | the file system tree                                                    |
-| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                          | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
+| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                          | -             | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
-| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | project configuration                                                   |
+| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../node/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | -             | project configuration                                                   |
+| `standalone`           | _boolean_                                                                                                                                                         | false         | -                                                                       |
 
 **Returns:** _void_
 

docs/node/api-nx-plugin/generators/plugin.md

@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Alias(es): t

docs/node/api-react/generators/application.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style).
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/node/api-react/generators/library.md

@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/node/api-react/generators/storybook-configuration.md

@@ -77,3 +77,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Project name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/node/api-storybook/generators/configuration.md

@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### uiFramework
 
 Type: `string`

docs/node/api-storybook/generators/cypress-project.md

@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/node/api-web/generators/application.md

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip formatting files
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Default: `css`

docs/node/api-workspace/generators/library.md

@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

docs/react/api-angular/generators/application.md

@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip creating spec files.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/react/api-angular/generators/library.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/react/api-express/generators/application.md

@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/react/api-gatsby/generators/application.md

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Whether or not to configure the ESLint "parserOptions.project" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/react/api-nest/generators/application.md

@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/react/api-next/generators/application.md

@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style)
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Alias(es): s

docs/react/api-node/generators/application.md

@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not add dependencies to package.json.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Type: `string`

docs/react/api-node/generators/library.md

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.base.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

docs/react/api-nx-devkit/index.md

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Callback to install dependencies only if necessary. undefined is returned if cha
 
 ### addProjectConfiguration
 
-▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration)): _void_
+▸ **addProjectConfiguration**(`host`: [_Tree_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#tree), `projectName`: _string_, `projectConfiguration`: [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration), `standalone?`: _boolean_): _void_
 
 Adds project configuration to the Nx workspace.
 
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ both files.
 
 #### Parameters
 
-| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                                | Description                                                             |
+| Name                   | Type                                                                                                                                                                | Default value | Description                                                             |
-| :--------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| :--------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                          | the file system tree                                                    |
+| `host`                 | [_Tree_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#tree)                                                                                                                          | -             | the file system tree                                                    |
-| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                            | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
+| `projectName`          | _string_                                                                                                                                                            | -             | unique name. Often directories are part of the name (e.g., mydir-mylib) |
-| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | project configuration                                                   |
+| `projectConfiguration` | [_ProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#projectconfiguration) & [_NxJsonProjectConfiguration_](../../react/nx-devkit/index#nxjsonprojectconfiguration) | -             | project configuration                                                   |
+| `standalone`           | _boolean_                                                                                                                                                           | false         | -                                                                       |
 
 **Returns:** _void_
 

docs/react/api-nx-plugin/generators/plugin.md

@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### tags
 
 Alias(es): t

docs/react/api-react/generators/application.md

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip updating workspace.json with default options based on values provided to this app (e.g. babel, style).
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/react/api-react/generators/library.md

@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `true`

docs/react/api-react/generators/storybook-configuration.md

@@ -77,3 +77,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Project name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/react/api-storybook/generators/configuration.md

@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### uiFramework
 
 Type: `string`

docs/react/api-storybook/generators/cypress-project.md

@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ The tool to use for running lint checks.
 Type: `string`
 
 Library or application name
+
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

docs/react/api-web/generators/application.md

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Skip formatting files
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### style
 
 Default: `css`

docs/react/api-workspace/generators/library.md

@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
 
+### standaloneConfig
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json
+
 ### strict
 
 Default: `false`

e2e/node/src/node.test.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ describe('Node Applications', () => {
     expect(result).toContain('Hello World!');
   }, 300000);
 
+  // TODO: This test fails in CI, but succeeds locally. It should be re-enabled once the reasoning is understood.
+  xit('should be able to generate an empty application with standalone configuration', async () => {
+    const nodeapp = uniq('nodeapp');
+
+    runCLI(
+      `generate @nrwl/node:app ${nodeapp} --linter=eslint --standaloneConfig`
+    );
+
+    updateFile(`apps/${nodeapp}/src/main.ts`, `console.log('Hello World!');`);
+    await runCLIAsync(`build ${nodeapp}`);
+
+    checkFilesExist(`dist/apps/${nodeapp}/main.js`);
+    const result = execSync(`node dist/apps/${nodeapp}/main.js`, {
+      cwd: tmpProjPath(),
+    }).toString();
+    expect(result).toContain('Hello World!');
+  }, 300000);
+
   xit('should be able to generate an express application', async () => {
     const nodeapp = uniq('nodeapp');
     const port = 3334;

e2e/utils/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { detectPackageManager } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/package-manager';
+import { inlineProjectConfigurations } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
 import { ChildProcess, exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
 import {
   copySync,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const kill = require('kill-port');
 const isWindows = require('is-windows');
 import { check as portCheck } from 'tcp-port-used';
 import { parseJson } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import treeKill = require('tree-kill');
 import { promisify } from 'util';
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ interface RunCmdOpts {
 }
 
 export function currentCli() {
-  return process.env.SELECTED_CLI ?? 'nx';
+  return process.env.SELECTED_CLI || 'nx';
 }
 
 export function isNightlyRun() {
@@ -443,7 +445,10 @@ function setMaxWorkers() {
     const workspace = readJson(workspaceFile);
 
     Object.keys(workspace.projects).forEach((appName) => {
-      const project = workspace.projects[appName];
+      let project = workspace.projects[appName];
+      if (typeof project === 'string') {
+        project = readJson(path.join(project, 'project.json'));
+      }
       const { build } = project.targets ?? project.architect;
 
       if (!build) {

e2e/web/src/file-server.test.ts

@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ describe('file-server', () => {
     } catch {
       expect('process running').toBeFalsy();
     }
-  }, 300000);
+  }, 150000);
 });

e2e/web/src/web.test.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ describe('Web Components Applications', () => {
     const appName = uniq('app');
     runCLI(`generate @nrwl/web:app ${appName} --no-interactive`);
 
+    checkFilesDoNotExist(`apps/${appName}/project.json`);
+
     const lintResults = runCLI(`lint ${appName}`);
     expect(lintResults).toContain('All files pass linting.');
 
@@ -60,6 +62,18 @@ describe('Web Components Applications', () => {
     }
   }, 500000);
 
+  it('should be able to generate a web app with standaloneConfig', async () => {
+    const appName = uniq('app');
+    runCLI(
+      `generate @nrwl/web:app ${appName} --no-interactive --standalone-config`
+    );
+
+    checkFilesExist(`apps/${appName}/project.json`);
+
+    const lintResults = runCLI(`lint ${appName}`);
+    expect(lintResults).toContain('All files pass linting.');
+  }, 120000);
+
   it('should remove previous output before building', async () => {
     const appName = uniq('app');
     const libName = uniq('lib');

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

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   installPackagesTask,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { wrapAngularDevkitSchematic } from '@nrwl/devkit/ngcli-adapter';
+import { convertToNxProjectGenerator } from '@nrwl/workspace';
 
 import { UnitTestRunner } from '../../utils/test-runners';
 import init from '../init/init';
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ export async function applicationGenerator(
     setApplicationStrictDefault(host, false);
   }
 
+  if (options.standaloneConfig) {
+    await convertToNxProjectGenerator(host, {project: options.name, all: false});
+  }
+
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
     await formatFiles(host);
   }

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

@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   e2eTestRunner: E2eTestRunner;
   backendProject?: string;
   strict?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.json

@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Creates an application with stricter type checking and build optimization options.",
       "default": true
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

packages/angular/src/generators/library/schema.d.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface Schema {
   buildable: boolean;
   publishable: boolean;
   importPath?: string;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 
   spec?: boolean;
   flat?: boolean;

packages/angular/src/generators/library/schema.json

@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@
       "description": "Enable Ivy for library in tsconfig.lib.prod.json. Should not be used with publishable libraries.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.spec.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
   let tree: Tree;
   const defaultOptions: Omit<Schema, 'name' | 'project'> = {
     linter: Linter.EsLint,
+    standaloneConfig: false,
   };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
         name: 'my-app-e2e',
         project: 'my-app',
         linter: Linter.TsLint,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
       const project = workspaceJson.projects['my-app-e2e'];
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
         name: 'my-app-e2e',
         project: 'my-app',
         linter: Linter.TsLint,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
       const project = workspaceJson.projects['my-app-e2e'];
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
         name: 'my-app-e2e',
         project: 'my-app',
         linter: Linter.EsLint,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
       const project = workspaceJson.projects['my-app-e2e'];
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
         name: 'my-app-e2e',
         project: 'my-app',
         linter: Linter.None,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
       const project = workspaceJson.projects['my-app-e2e'];
@@ -176,6 +181,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
         name: 'my-app-e2e',
         project: 'my-app',
         linter: Linter.EsLint,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-app-e2e');
@@ -224,6 +230,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
           project: 'my-dir-my-app',
           directory: 'my-dir',
           linter: Linter.TsLint,
+          standaloneConfig: false,
         });
         const projectConfig = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json').projects[
           'my-dir-my-app-e2e'
@@ -319,6 +326,7 @@ describe('schematic:cypress-project', () => {
             name: 'my-app-e2e',
             project: 'my-app',
             linter: Linter.EsLint,
+            standaloneConfig: false,
           });
           const packageJson = readJson(tree, 'package.json');
           expect(

packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.ts

@@ -51,28 +51,39 @@ function addProject(tree: Tree, options: CypressProjectSchema) {
         : devServerTarget;
   }
 
-  addProjectConfiguration(tree, options.projectName, {
+  addProjectConfiguration(
-    root: options.projectRoot,
+    tree,
-    sourceRoot: joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'src'),
+    options.projectName,
-    projectType: 'application',
+    {
-    targets: {
+      root: options.projectRoot,
-      e2e: {
+      sourceRoot: joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'src'),
-        executor: '@nrwl/cypress:cypress',
+      projectType: 'application',
-        options: {
+      targets: {
-          cypressConfig: joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'cypress.json'),
+        e2e: {
-          tsConfig: joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'tsconfig.e2e.json'),
+          executor: '@nrwl/cypress:cypress',
-          devServerTarget,
+          options: {
-        },
+            cypressConfig: joinPathFragments(
-        configurations: {
+              options.projectRoot,
-          production: {
+              'cypress.json'
-            devServerTarget: `${options.project}:serve:production`,
+            ),
+            tsConfig: joinPathFragments(
+              options.projectRoot,
+              'tsconfig.e2e.json'
+            ),
+            devServerTarget,
+          },
+          configurations: {
+            production: {
+              devServerTarget: `${options.project}:serve:production`,
+            },
           },
         },
       },
+      tags: [],
+      implicitDependencies: options.project ? [options.project] : undefined,
     },
-    tags: [],
+    options.standaloneConfig
-    implicitDependencies: options.project ? [options.project] : undefined,
+  );
-  });
 }
 
 export async function addLinter(host: Tree, options: CypressProjectSchema) {

packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/schema.d.ts

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   js?: boolean;
   skipFormat?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: booleann;
 }

packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/schema.json

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint \"parserOptions.project\" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["name"]

packages/devkit/src/generators/project-configuration.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { Tree } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/tree';
+import {
+  readProjectConfiguration,
+  addProjectConfiguration,
+  updateProjectConfiguration,
+  removeProjectConfiguration,
+  getProjects,
+} from './project-configuration';
+import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '../tests/create-tree-with-empty-workspace';
+import { ProjectConfiguration } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
+import { readJson } from '../utils/json';
+
+const baseTestProjectConfig: ProjectConfiguration = {
+  root: 'libs/test',
+  sourceRoot: 'libs/test/src',
+  targets: {},
+};
+
+describe('project configuration', () => {
+  let tree: Tree;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
+  });
+
+  it('should create project.json file when adding a project if standalone is true', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, true);
+
+    expect(tree.exists('libs/test/project.json')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not create project.json file when adding a project if standalone is false', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, false);
+
+    expect(tree.exists('libs/test/project.json')).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should be able to read from standalone projects', () => {
+    tree.write(
+      'libs/test/project.json',
+      JSON.stringify(baseTestProjectConfig, null, 2)
+    );
+    tree.write(
+      'workspace.json',
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          projects: {
+            test: 'libs/test',
+          },
+        },
+        null,
+        2
+      )
+    );
+
+    const projectConfig = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test');
+
+    expect(projectConfig).toEqual(baseTestProjectConfig);
+  });
+
+  it('should update project.json file when updating a project', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, true);
+    const expectedProjectConfig = {
+      ...baseTestProjectConfig,
+      targets: { build: { executor: '' } },
+    };
+    updateProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', expectedProjectConfig);
+
+    expect(readJson(tree, 'libs/test/project.json')).toEqual(
+      expectedProjectConfig
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should update workspace.json file when updating an inline project', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, false);
+    const expectedProjectConfig = {
+      ...baseTestProjectConfig,
+      targets: { build: { executor: '' } },
+    };
+    updateProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', expectedProjectConfig);
+
+    expect(readJson(tree, 'workspace.json').projects.test).toEqual(
+      expectedProjectConfig
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should remove project.json file when removing projct configuration', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, true);
+    removeProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test');
+
+    expect(tree.exists('test/project.json')).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should support workspaces with standalone and inline projects', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test', baseTestProjectConfig, true);
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'test2', baseTestProjectConfig, false);
+    const configurations = getProjects(tree);
+    expect(configurations.get('test')).toEqual(baseTestProjectConfig);
+    expect(configurations.get('test2')).toEqual(baseTestProjectConfig);
+  });
+});

packages/devkit/src/generators/project-configuration.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/tree';
-import type {
+import {
   ProjectConfiguration,
+  RawWorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
+  toNewFormat,
   WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
 } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
-import { toNewFormat } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
 import { readJson, updateJson, writeJson } from '../utils/json';
 import type {
   NxJsonConfiguration,
   NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
 } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/nx';
 import { getWorkspacePath } from '../utils/get-workspace-layout';
+import { join } from 'path';
 
 export type WorkspaceConfiguration = Omit<
   WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
@@ -30,9 +32,16 @@ export type WorkspaceConfiguration = Omit<
 export function addProjectConfiguration(
   host: Tree,
   projectName: string,
-  projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration
+  projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
+  standalone: boolean = false
 ): void {
-  setProjectConfiguration(host, projectName, projectConfiguration, 'create');
+  setProjectConfiguration(
+    host,
+    projectName,
+    projectConfiguration,
+    'create',
+    standalone
+  );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -78,10 +87,10 @@ export function getProjects(
   const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(host, 'nx.json');
 
   return new Map(
-    Object.keys(workspace.projects).map((projectName) => {
+    Object.keys(workspace.projects || {}).map((projectName) => {
       return [
         projectName,
-        getProjectConfiguration(projectName, workspace, nxJson),
+        getProjectConfiguration(host, projectName, workspace, nxJson),
       ];
     })
   );
@@ -156,31 +165,36 @@ export function readProjectConfiguration(
   }
 
   const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(host, 'nx.json');
-  if (!nxJson.projects[projectName]) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Cannot find configuration for '${projectName}' in nx.json`
-    );
-  }
 
-  return getProjectConfiguration(projectName, workspace, nxJson);
+  // TODO: Remove after confirming that nx.json should be optional.
+  // if (!nxJson.projects[projectName]) {
+  //   throw new Error(
+  //     `Cannot find configuration for '${projectName}' in nx.json`
+  //   );
+  // }
+
+  return getProjectConfiguration(host, projectName, workspace, nxJson);
 }
 
 function getProjectConfiguration(
+  host: Tree,
   projectName: string,
   workspace: WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
   nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
 ): ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration {
   return {
-    ...readWorkspaceSection(workspace, projectName),
+    ...readWorkspaceSection(host, workspace, projectName),
     ...readNxJsonSection(nxJson, projectName),
   };
 }
 
 function readWorkspaceSection(
+  host: Tree,
   workspace: WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
   projectName: string
 ) {
-  return workspace.projects[projectName];
+  const config = workspace.projects[projectName];
+  return config;
 }
 
 function readNxJsonSection(nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration, projectName: string) {
@@ -191,7 +205,8 @@ function setProjectConfiguration(
   host: Tree,
   projectName: string,
   projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
-  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete'
+  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete',
+  standalone: boolean = false
 ) {
   if (mode === 'delete') {
     addProjectToNxJson(host, projectName, undefined, mode);
@@ -205,9 +220,14 @@ function setProjectConfiguration(
     );
   }
 
-  const { tags, implicitDependencies, ...workspaceConfiguration } =
+  const { tags, implicitDependencies } = projectConfiguration;
-    projectConfiguration;
+  addProjectToWorkspaceJson(
-  addProjectToWorkspaceJson(host, projectName, workspaceConfiguration, mode);
+    host,
+    projectName,
+    projectConfiguration,
+    mode,
+    standalone
+  );
   addProjectToNxJson(
     host,
     projectName,
@@ -222,11 +242,118 @@ function setProjectConfiguration(
 function addProjectToWorkspaceJson(
   host: Tree,
   projectName: string,
-  project: ProjectConfiguration,
+  project: ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
-  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete'
+  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete',
+  standalone: boolean = false
 ) {
   const path = getWorkspacePath(host);
-  const workspaceJson = readJson<WorkspaceJsonConfiguration>(host, path);
+  const workspaceJson = readJson<RawWorkspaceJsonConfiguration>(host, path);
+
+  validateWorkspaceJsonOperations(mode, workspaceJson, projectName);
+
+  const configFile =
+    mode === 'create' && standalone
+      ? join(project.root, 'project.json')
+      : getProjectFileLocation(host, projectName);
+
+  if (configFile) {
+    if (mode === 'delete') {
+      host.delete(configFile);
+    } else {
+      writeJson(host, configFile, project);
+    }
+
+    if (mode === 'create') {
+      workspaceJson.projects[projectName] = project.root;
+      writeJson(host, path, workspaceJson);
+    }
+  } else {
+    let workspaceConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration;
+    if (project) {
+      const { tags, implicitDependencies, ...c } = project;
+      workspaceConfiguration = c;
+    }
+
+    workspaceJson.projects[projectName] = workspaceConfiguration;
+    writeJson(host, path, workspaceJson);
+  }
+}
+
+function addProjectToNxJson(
+  host: Tree,
+  projectName: string,
+  config: NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
+  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete'
+) {
+  // distributed project files do not use nx.json,
+  // so only proceed if the project does not use them.
+  if (!getProjectFileLocation(host, projectName)) {
+    const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(host, 'nx.json');
+    if (mode === 'delete') {
+      delete nxJson.projects[projectName];
+    } else {
+      nxJson.projects[projectName] = {
+        ...{
+          tags: [],
+        },
+        ...(config || {}),
+      };
+    }
+    writeJson(host, 'nx.json', nxJson);
+  }
+}
+
+function readWorkspace(host: Tree): WorkspaceJsonConfiguration {
+  const workspaceJson = inlineProjectConfigurationsWithTree(host);
+  const originalVersion = workspaceJson.version;
+  return {
+    ...toNewFormat(workspaceJson),
+    version: originalVersion,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * This has to be separate from the inline functionality inside tao,
+ * as the functionality in tao does not use a Tree. Changes made during
+ * a generator would not be present during runtime execution.
+ * @returns
+ */
+function inlineProjectConfigurationsWithTree(
+  host: Tree
+): WorkspaceJsonConfiguration {
+  const path = getWorkspacePath(host);
+  const workspaceJson = readJson<RawWorkspaceJsonConfiguration>(host, path);
+  Object.entries(workspaceJson.projects || {}).forEach(([project, config]) => {
+    if (typeof config === 'string') {
+      const configFileLocation = join(config, 'project.json');
+      workspaceJson.projects[project] = readJson<
+        ProjectConfiguration & NxJsonProjectConfiguration
+      >(host, configFileLocation);
+    }
+  });
+  return workspaceJson as WorkspaceJsonConfiguration;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @description Determine where a project's configuration is located.
+ * @returns file path if separate from root config, null otherwise.
+ */
+function getProjectFileLocation(host: Tree, project: string): string | null {
+  const rawWorkspace = readJson<RawWorkspaceJsonConfiguration>(
+    host,
+    getWorkspacePath(host)
+  );
+  const projectConfig = rawWorkspace.projects?.[project];
+  return typeof projectConfig === 'string'
+    ? join(projectConfig, 'project.json')
+    : null;
+}
+
+function validateWorkspaceJsonOperations(
+  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete',
+  workspaceJson: RawWorkspaceJsonConfiguration | WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
+  projectName: string
+) {
   if (mode == 'create' && workspaceJson.projects[projectName]) {
     throw new Error(
       `Cannot create Project '${projectName}'. It already exists.`
@@ -239,39 +366,7 @@ function addProjectToWorkspaceJson(
   }
   if (mode == 'delete' && !workspaceJson.projects[projectName]) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Cannot update Project '${projectName}'. It does not exist.`
+      `Cannot delete Project '${projectName}'. It does not exist.`
     );
   }
-  workspaceJson.projects[projectName] = project;
-  writeJson(host, path, workspaceJson);
-}
-
-function addProjectToNxJson(
-  host: Tree,
-  projectName: string,
-  config: NxJsonProjectConfiguration,
-  mode: 'create' | 'update' | 'delete'
-) {
-  const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(host, 'nx.json');
-  if (mode === 'delete') {
-    delete nxJson.projects[projectName];
-  } else {
-    nxJson.projects[projectName] = {
-      ...{
-        tags: [],
-      },
-      ...(config || {}),
-    };
-  }
-  writeJson(host, 'nx.json', nxJson);
-}
-
-function readWorkspace(host: Tree): WorkspaceJsonConfiguration {
-  const path = getWorkspacePath(host);
-  const workspaceJson = readJson<WorkspaceJsonConfiguration>(host, path);
-  const originalVersion = workspaceJson.version;
-  return {
-    ...toNewFormat(workspaceJson),
-    version: originalVersion,
-  };
 }

packages/devkit/src/tests/create-tree-with-empty-workspace.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/tree';
 /**
  * Creates a host for testing.
  */
-export function createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace(): Tree {
+export function createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace(version = 1): Tree {
   const tree = new FsTree('/virtual', false);
 
-  tree.write('/workspace.json', JSON.stringify({ version: 1, projects: {} }));
+  tree.write('/workspace.json', JSON.stringify({ version, projects: {} }));
   tree.write('./.prettierrc', JSON.stringify({ singleQuote: true }));
   tree.write(
     '/package.json',

packages/express/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   babelJest?: boolean;
   js: boolean;
   pascalCaseFiles: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/express/src/generators/application/schema.json

@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Generate JavaScript files rather than TypeScript files.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

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

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should update workspace.json', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'myApp',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
 
     expect(workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].root).toEqual('apps/my-app');
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       name: 'myApp',
       style: 'css',
       tags: 'one,two',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
     const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
     expect(nxJson.projects).toEqual({
@@ -42,7 +47,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should generate files', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'myApp',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
     expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/tsconfig.json')).toBeTruthy();
     expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/tsconfig.app.json')).toBeTruthy();
     expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -55,6 +64,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'scss',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.module.scss')
@@ -79,6 +89,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'less',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.module.less')
@@ -103,6 +114,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styl',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.module.styl')
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styled-components',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.module.styled-components')
@@ -152,6 +165,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: '@emotion/styled',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.module.styled-components')
@@ -177,6 +191,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styled-jsx',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       const indexContent = tree
@@ -206,6 +221,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     await applicationGenerator(tree, {
       name: 'my-app',
       style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     expect(tree.read('apps/my-app/jest.config.js', 'utf-8')).toContain(
@@ -217,6 +233,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     await applicationGenerator(tree, {
       name: 'my-app',
       style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     expect(tree.read('apps/my-app/jest.config.js', 'utf-8')).toContain(
@@ -228,6 +245,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     await applicationGenerator(tree, {
       name: 'my-app',
       style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
     const architectConfig = workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].architect;
@@ -241,6 +259,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     await applicationGenerator(tree, {
       name: 'my-app',
       style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
     const architectConfig = workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].architect;
@@ -259,6 +278,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         unitTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists('jest.config.js')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/specs/index.spec.tsx')).toBeFalsy();
@@ -271,6 +291,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         e2eTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app-e2e')).toBeFalsy();
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
@@ -279,7 +300,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should generate an index component', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'myApp',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     const appContent = tree.read('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.tsx', 'utf-8');
 
@@ -290,6 +315,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     await applicationGenerator(tree, {
       name: 'myApp',
       style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     const packageJson = readJson(tree, '/package.json');
@@ -349,6 +375,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         js: true,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/pages/index.js')).toBeTruthy();

packages/gatsby/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts

@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ export function addProject(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     targets,
   };
 
-  addProjectConfiguration(host, options.projectName, {
+  addProjectConfiguration(
-    ...project,
+    host,
-    ...nxConfig,
+    options.projectName,
-  });
+    {
+      ...project,
+      ...nxConfig,
+    },
+    options.standaloneConfig
+  );
 }

packages/gatsby/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   e2eTestRunner?: 'cypress' | 'none';
   js?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/gatsby/src/generators/application/schema.json

@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint \"parserOptions.project\" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["name"]

packages/gatsby/src/generators/component/component.spec.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ describe('component', () => {
     tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
     tree.write('.gitignore', '# empty');
     tree.write('.prettierignore', '# empty');
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: projectName, style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: projectName,
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should generate component in components directory', async () => {

packages/gatsby/src/generators/page/page.spec.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ describe('component', () => {
     tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
     tree.write('.gitignore', '# empty');
     tree.write('.prettierignore', '# empty');
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: projectName, style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: projectName,
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should generate component in pages directory', async () => {

packages/nest/src/schematics/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   tags?: string;
   linter: Linter;
   frontendProject?: string;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/nest/src/schematics/application/schema.json

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
     "frontendProject": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Frontend project that needs to access this application. This sets up proxy configuration."
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

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

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
 
   describe('not nested', () => {
     it('should update workspace.json', async () => {
-      await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myApp',
+        style: 'css',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
 
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
 
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         tags: 'one,two',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       const nxJson = readJson(tree, 'nx.json');
@@ -45,7 +50,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
     });
 
     it('should generate files', async () => {
-      await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myApp',
+        style: 'css',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/tsconfig.json')).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/pages/index.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/specs/index.spec.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -58,6 +67,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'scss',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/pages/index.module.scss')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'less',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/pages/index.module.less')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -92,6 +103,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styl',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/pages/index.module.styl')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -109,6 +121,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styled-components',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(
@@ -127,6 +140,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: '@emotion/styled',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(
@@ -145,6 +159,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'styled-jsx',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       const indexContent = tree.read('apps/my-app/pages/index.tsx', 'utf-8');
@@ -163,7 +178,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should setup jest with tsx support', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'my-app', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'my-app',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     expect(tree.read('apps/my-app/jest.config.js', 'utf-8')).toContain(
       `moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'tsx', 'js', 'jsx'],`
@@ -171,7 +190,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should setup jest with SVGR support', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'my-app', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'my-app',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     expect(tree.read('apps/my-app/jest.config.js', 'utf-8')).toContain(
       `'^(?!.*\\\\.(js|jsx|ts|tsx|css|json)$)': '@nrwl/react/plugins/jest'`
@@ -179,7 +202,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should set up the nrwl next build builder', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'my-app', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'my-app',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
     const architectConfig = workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].architect;
@@ -191,7 +218,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should set up the nrwl next server builder', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'my-app', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'my-app',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
     const architectConfig = workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].architect;
@@ -206,7 +237,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should set up the nrwl next export builder', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'my-app', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'my-app',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
     const architectConfig = workspaceJson.projects['my-app'].architect;
@@ -222,6 +257,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         unitTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists('jest.config.js')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/specs/index.spec.tsx')).toBeFalsy();
@@ -234,6 +270,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         e2eTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app-e2e')).toBeFalsy();
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, 'workspace.json');
@@ -242,7 +279,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
   });
 
   it('should generate functional components by default', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myApp', style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'myApp',
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
 
     const appContent = tree.read('apps/my-app/pages/index.tsx', 'utf-8');
 
@@ -255,6 +296,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         await applicationGenerator(tree, {
           name: 'myApp',
           style: 'css',
+          standaloneConfig: false,
         });
 
         const packageJson = readJson(tree, '/package.json');
@@ -311,6 +353,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
           name: 'myApp',
           style: 'css',
           linter: Linter.TsLint,
+          standaloneConfig: false,
         });
 
         const tslintJson = readJson(tree, 'apps/my-app/tslint.json');
@@ -335,6 +378,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myApp',
         style: 'css',
         js: true,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/pages/index.js')).toBeTruthy();

packages/next/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts

@@ -63,8 +63,13 @@ export function addProject(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     targets,
   };
 
-  addProjectConfiguration(host, options.projectName, {
+  addProjectConfiguration(
-    ...project,
+    host,
-    ...nxConfig,
+    options.projectName,
-  });
+    {
+      ...project,
+      ...nxConfig,
+    },
+    options.standaloneConfig
+  );
 }

packages/next/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   skipWorkspaceJson?: boolean;
   js?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/next/src/generators/application/schema.json

@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint \"parserOptions.project\" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

packages/next/src/generators/component/component.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ describe('component', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     projectName = 'my-app';
     tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: projectName, style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: projectName,
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should generate component in components directory', async () => {

packages/next/src/generators/page/page.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ describe('component', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     projectName = 'my-app';
     tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
-    await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: projectName, style: 'css' });
+    await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+      name: projectName,
+      style: 'css',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should generate component in pages directory', async () => {

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

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ describe('app', () => {
 
   describe('not nested', () => {
     it('should update workspace.json', async () => {
-      await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myNodeApp' });
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myNodeApp',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
       const project = workspaceJson.projects['my-node-app'];
       expect(project.root).toEqual('apps/my-node-app');
@@ -79,7 +82,11 @@ describe('app', () => {
     });
 
     it('should update nx.json', async () => {
-      await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myNodeApp', tags: 'one,two' });
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myNodeApp',
+        tags: 'one,two',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
       expect(nxJson.projects).toEqual({
         'my-node-app': {
@@ -89,7 +96,10 @@ describe('app', () => {
     });
 
     it('should generate files', async () => {
-      await applicationGenerator(tree, { name: 'myNodeApp' });
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myNodeApp',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       expect(tree.exists(`apps/my-node-app/jest.config.js`)).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-node-app/src/main.ts')).toBeTruthy();
 
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
 
@@ -183,6 +194,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         directory: 'myDir',
         tags: 'one,two',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
       expect(nxJson.projects).toEqual({
@@ -201,6 +213,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       // Make sure these exist
@@ -237,6 +250,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         unitTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists('jest.config.js')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-node-app/src/test-setup.ts')).toBeFalsy();
@@ -268,6 +282,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         frontendProject: 'my-frontend',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-frontend/proxy.conf.json')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -284,11 +299,13 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'cart',
         frontendProject: 'my-frontend',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'billing',
         frontendProject: 'my-frontend',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-frontend/proxy.conf.json')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -305,6 +322,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(tree, {
         name: 'myNodeApp',
         frontendProject: 'myFrontend',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-frontend/proxy.conf.json')).toBeTruthy();

packages/node/src/generators/application/application.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ function addProject(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   project.targets.build = getBuildConfig(project, options);
   project.targets.serve = getServeConfig(options);
 
-  addProjectConfiguration(tree, options.name, project);
+  addProjectConfiguration(
+    tree,
+    options.name,
+    project,
+    options.standaloneConfig
+  );
 
   const workspace = readWorkspaceConfiguration(tree);
 

packages/node/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   js?: boolean;
   pascalCaseFiles?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/node/src/generators/application/schema.json

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint \"parserOptions.project\" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": []

packages/node/src/generators/library/library.spec.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
 
   describe('not nested', () => {
     it('should update workspace.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
       expect(workspaceJson.projects['my-lib'].root).toEqual('libs/my-lib');
       expect(workspaceJson.projects['my-lib'].architect.build).toBeUndefined();
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib',
         rootDir: './src',
         buildable: true,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
       expect(
@@ -47,7 +48,11 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should update nx.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', tags: 'one,two' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        tags: 'one,two',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
       expect(nxJson.projects).toEqual({
         'my-lib': {
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should update root tsconfig.base.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, '/tsconfig.base.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson.compilerOptions.paths['@proj/my-lib']).toEqual([
         'libs/my-lib/src/index.ts',
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should create a local tsconfig.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, 'libs/my-lib/tsconfig.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
@@ -85,20 +90,20 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should extend the local tsconfig.json with tsconfig.spec.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, 'libs/my-lib/tsconfig.spec.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson.extends).toEqual('./tsconfig.json');
     });
 
     it('should extend the local tsconfig.json with tsconfig.lib.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, 'libs/my-lib/tsconfig.lib.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson.compilerOptions.types).toContain('node');
       expect(tsconfigJson.extends).toEqual('./tsconfig.json');
     });
 
     it('should generate files', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', standaloneConfig: false });
       expect(tree.exists(`libs/my-lib/jest.config.js`)).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/src/index.ts')).toBeTruthy();
 
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib',
         directory: 'myDir',
         tags: 'one',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
       expect(nxJson.projects).toEqual({
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib2',
         directory: 'myDir',
         tags: 'one,two',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const nxJson2 = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, '/nx.json');
       expect(nxJson2.projects).toEqual({
@@ -172,13 +179,21 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should generate files', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', directory: 'myDir' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       expect(tree.exists(`libs/my-dir/my-lib/jest.config.js`)).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-dir/my-lib/src/index.ts')).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
     it('should update workspace.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', directory: 'myDir' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
 
       expect(workspaceJson.projects['my-dir-my-lib'].root).toEqual(
@@ -193,7 +208,11 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should update tsconfig.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', directory: 'myDir' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, '/tsconfig.base.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson.compilerOptions.paths['@proj/my-dir/my-lib']).toEqual(
         ['libs/my-dir/my-lib/src/index.ts']
@@ -211,6 +230,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
           name: 'myLib',
           directory: 'myDir',
           publishable: true,
+          standaloneConfig: false,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         expect(e.message).toContain(
@@ -220,7 +240,11 @@ describe('lib', () => {
     });
 
     it('should create a local tsconfig.json', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', directory: 'myDir' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        directory: 'myDir',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
 
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, 'libs/my-dir/my-lib/tsconfig.json');
       expect(tsconfigJson.extends).toEqual('../../../tsconfig.base.json');
@@ -239,6 +263,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib',
         directory: 'myDir',
         simpleModuleName: true,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       expect(tree.exists(`libs/my-dir/my-lib/jest.config.js`)).toBeTruthy();
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-dir/my-lib/src/index.ts')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -253,7 +278,11 @@ describe('lib', () => {
 
   describe('--unit-test-runner none', () => {
     it('should not generate test configuration', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', unitTestRunner: 'none' });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        unitTestRunner: 'none',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/tsconfig.spec.json')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/jest.config.js')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/lib/my-lib.spec.ts')).toBeFalsy();
@@ -282,7 +311,11 @@ describe('lib', () => {
 
   describe('buildable package', () => {
     it('should have a builder defined', async () => {
-      await libraryGenerator(tree, { name: 'myLib', buildable: true });
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'myLib',
+        buildable: true,
+        standaloneConfig: false,
+      });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
 
       expect(workspaceJson.projects['my-lib'].root).toEqual('libs/my-lib');
@@ -314,6 +347,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib',
         publishable: true,
         importPath: '@proj/mylib',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const workspaceJson = readJson(tree, '/workspace.json');
 
@@ -327,6 +361,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'mylib',
         publishable: true,
         importPath: '@proj/mylib',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       let packageJsonContent = readJson(tree, 'libs/mylib/package.json');
@@ -342,6 +377,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         publishable: true,
         directory: 'myDir',
         importPath: '@myorg/lib',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
       const packageJson = readJson(tree, 'libs/my-dir/my-lib/package.json');
       const tsconfigJson = readJson(tree, '/tsconfig.base.json');
@@ -357,6 +393,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
         name: 'myLib1',
         publishable: true,
         importPath: '@myorg/lib',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       });
 
       try {
@@ -364,6 +401,7 @@ describe('lib', () => {
           name: 'myLib2',
           publishable: true,
           importPath: '@myorg/lib',
+          standaloneConfig: false,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         expect(e.message).toContain(

packages/node/src/generators/library/schema.d.ts

@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   js?: boolean;
   pascalCaseFiles?: boolean;
   strict?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/node/src/generators/library/schema.json

@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether to enable tsconfig strict mode or not.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["name"]

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.spec.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
         pluginName: 'my-plugin',
         pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-plugin`,
         npmPackageName: '@proj/my-plugin',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       })
     ).resolves.not.toThrow();
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
         pluginName: 'my-nonexistentplugin',
         pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-nonexistentplugin`,
         npmPackageName: '@proj/my-nonexistentplugin',
+        standaloneConfig: false,
       })
     ).rejects.toThrow();
   });
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
       pluginName: 'my-plugin',
       pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-plugin`,
       npmPackageName: '@proj/my-plugin',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     expect(tree.exists('apps/my-plugin-e2e/tsconfig.json')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
       pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/namespace/my-plugin`,
       npmPackageName: '@proj/namespace-my-plugin',
       projectDirectory: 'namespace/my-plugin',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-plugin-e2e');
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
       pluginName: 'my-plugin',
       pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-plugin`,
       npmPackageName: '@proj/my-plugin',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     expect(readJson(tree, 'nx.json')).toMatchObject({
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
       pluginName: 'my-plugin',
       pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-plugin`,
       npmPackageName: '@proj/my-plugin',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-plugin-e2e');
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ describe('NxPlugin e2e-project Generator', () => {
       pluginName: 'my-plugin',
       pluginOutputPath: `dist/libs/my-plugin`,
       npmPackageName: '@proj/my-plugin',
+      standaloneConfig: false,
     });
 
     const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-plugin-e2e');

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.ts

@@ -56,23 +56,28 @@ function addFiles(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
 }
 
 function updateWorkspaceConfiguration(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
-  addProjectConfiguration(host, options.projectName, {
+  addProjectConfiguration(
-    root: options.projectRoot,
+    host,
-    projectType: 'application',
+    options.projectName,
-    sourceRoot: `${options.projectRoot}/src`,
+    {
-    targets: {
+      root: options.projectRoot,
-      e2e: {
+      projectType: 'application',
-        executor: '@nrwl/nx-plugin:e2e',
+      sourceRoot: `${options.projectRoot}/src`,
-        options: {
+      targets: {
-          target: `${options.pluginName}:build`,
+        e2e: {
-          npmPackageName: options.npmPackageName,
+          executor: '@nrwl/nx-plugin:e2e',
-          pluginOutputPath: options.pluginOutputPath,
+          options: {
+            target: `${options.pluginName}:build`,
+            npmPackageName: options.npmPackageName,
+            pluginOutputPath: options.pluginOutputPath,
+          },
         },
       },
+      tags: [],
+      implicitDependencies: [options.pluginName],
     },
-    tags: [],
+    options.standaloneConfig
-    implicitDependencies: [options.pluginName],
+  );
-  });
 }
 
 async function addJest(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/schema.d.ts

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   projectDirectory?: string;
   pluginOutputPath?: string;
   jestConfig?: string;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/schema.json

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Spec tsconfig file",
       "x-deprecated": true
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["pluginName", "npmPackageName"],

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/plugin/plugin.ts

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export async function pluginGenerator(host: Tree, schema: Schema) {
     projectDirectory: options.projectDirectory,
     pluginOutputPath: `dist/${options.libsDir}/${options.projectDirectory}`,
     npmPackageName: options.npmPackageName,
+    standaloneConfig: options.standaloneConfig,
   });
 
   await formatFiles(host);

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/plugin/schema.d.ts

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   tags?: string;
   unitTestRunner: 'jest' | 'none';
   linter: Linter;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }

packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/plugin/schema.json

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
       "description": "Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience."
+    },
+    "standaloneConfig": {
+      "description": "Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["name"],

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

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     linter: Linter.EsLint,
     style: 'css',
     strict: false,
+    standaloneConfig: false,
   };
 
   beforeEach(() => {

packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts

@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ export function addProject(host, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     },
   };
 
-  addProjectConfiguration(host, options.projectName, {
+  addProjectConfiguration(
-    ...project,
+    host,
-    ...nxConfig,
+    options.projectName,
-  });
+    {
+      ...project,
+      ...nxConfig,
+    },
+    options.standaloneConfig
+  );
 }
 
 function maybeJs(options: NormalizedSchema, path: string): string {

packages/react/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Schema {
   globalCss?: boolean;
   strict?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  standaloneConfig?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface NormalizedSchema extends Schema {