Undefined workspace while trying to generate nx-electron app.

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Describe the bug
Error while trying to generate an nx-electron app.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

npx create-nx-workspace@13 --preset=core
# Used workspace name 'test'
cd test
npm install -D @nrwl/web
nx g @nrwl/web:app fe
npm install -D nx-electron
nx g nx-electron:app app --frontendProject=fe
# Using . as the directory, but I tried other values as well. I didn't see much info on what is expected here.

The error

✔ In which directory should the electron application be generated? · .
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'targets')
    at /Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/nx/src/config/workspaces.js:240:27
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at toOldFormatOrNull (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/nx/src/config/workspaces.js:236:37)
    at MapSubscriber.project (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/nx/src/adapter/ngcli-adapter.js:181:82)
    at MapSubscriber._next (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/operators/map.js:49:35)
    at MapSubscriber.Subscriber.next (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:66:18)
    at MapSubscriber._next (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/operators/map.js:55:26)
    at MapSubscriber.Subscriber.next (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:66:18)
    at DefaultIfEmptySubscriber._complete (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/operators/defaultIfEmpty.js:45:30)
    at DefaultIfEmptySubscriber.Subscriber.complete (/Users/dogatech/Development/src/test/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:78:18)
Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'targets')

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: OSX 11.6.5
• Nx Electron Version: nx-electron@13.2.1
• Nx Version: nx@13.10.5
• NPM Version: npm@8.10.0

[jieey1140]

I also get the same error as above T.T

[bennymeg]

Did you try to press Enter without entering any value?

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I did. I tried no value, ., the full path to the packages dir, to a new directory, etc. - all got the same error.

I just tried again, creating a new v13.10.6 workspace, and still receive the error.

[broken]

I just tested this on a Linux machine and got the same error. However, I did some digging online and found this (edit: likely unrelated) issue. I rolled back my version of nx to 13.4.5 and was able to run the command successfully.

I haven't tested any more up to just seeing it complete, so don't know which version of nx is the first to have this problem, but wanted to post this reply to help any others experiencing the same problem.

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After doing some more testing, it looks like minor version 10 is when the failure started. NX version 13.9.7 (and all before I tried) did not have a problem, but version 13.10.0 is the first that began showing that error.

My guess (with absolutely no experience with nx or nx-electron) is this pull which removed workspace.json is the culprit. With no workspace.json, the generator for nx-electron cannot find the frontendProject specified.

Yep. I just added a simple workspace.json that would have been there from earlier version and the nx-electron generator using version 13.10.0 of nx now completes without error.

{
  "version": 2,
  "projects": {
    "fe": "packages/fe",
    "fe-e2e": "packages/fe-e2e"
  }
}

@bennymeg I'm not familiar enough to know how this should be handled - in nx, nx-electron, or documentation, so I'm going to leave how to proceed to you.

[bennymeg]

I see.
You might need to be using one of the new presets (like apps) from now on.
This is an NX behavior that I cannot change, I will add a section about it in the docs.