nx/docs/shared/cli/generate.md
Jack Hsu 8fa7065cf1
docs(misc): update generator examples to use new directory/path positional args (#28144)
This PR updates examples in `.md` files (both docs and blog posts) to
use positional args. Nx 20 changes the position arg to be either
`directory` for apps/libs or `path` for artifacts (e.g. components).

So before you'd do this:

```
nx g app myapp --directory=apps/myapp
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/mylib
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib @acme/foo --directory=libs/@acme/foo --importPath=@acme/foo
nx g component foo --directory=libs/ui/src/foo --pascalCaseFiles
```

Will now be simplified to

```
nx g app apps/myapp
nx g lib libs/mylib
nx g lib libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo # name and import path are both "@acme/foo"
nx g component libs/ui/src/foo/Foo
```

For cases where `name` and `importPath` need to be changed, you can
always manually specify them.

```
nx g lib libs/nested/foo # name is foo
nx g lib libs/nested/foo --name=nested-foo # specify name with prefix
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo --name # use "foo" as name and don't match importPath
nx g lib libs/@internal/foo --importPath=@acme/foo # different importPath from name

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2024-09-30 13:20:10 -04:00

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generate - CLI command Runs a generator that creates and/or modifies files based on a generator from a collection.

generate

Runs a generator that creates and/or modifies files based on a generator from a collection.

Usage

nx generate <collection:generator>
nx g <generator>

Install nx globally to invoke the command directly using nx, or use npx nx, yarn nx, or pnpx nx.

Examples

Generate a new Angular application:

nx generate @nx/angular:app apps/myapp

Generate a new React application:

nx generate @nx/react:app apps/myapp

Generate a new web component application:

nx generate @nx/web:app apps/myapp

Generate a new Node application:

nx generate @nx/node:app apps/myapp

Generate a new Angular library application:

nx generate @nx/angular:library libs/mylibrary

Generate a new React library application:

nx generate @nx/react:library libs/mylibrary

Generate a new Node library application:

nx generate @nx/node:library libs/mylibrary

Options

defaults

Default: false

When true, disables interactive input prompts for options with a default.

dryRun

Default: false

When true, preview the changes without updating files.

force

Default: false

When true, forces overwriting of existing files.

interactive

Default: true

When false, disables interactive input prompts.

help

Show help and display available generators in the default collection.

quiet

Default: false

When true, disables Nx specific logging related to running the generator or its outputs.

version

Show version number