From 05358ae6cf9169bec4abb97954e69fc5b556608e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craigory Coppola <craigorycoppola@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 15:54:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): infer packages from workspaces.packages properly
 (#9686)

---
 packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts  | 11 ++++++++---
 packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
index 32df94828d630..7f637a89fbe5b 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   TaskGraphExecutor,
   Generator,
 } from './misc-interfaces';
+import { PackageJson } from '../utils/package-json';
 
 export function workspaceConfigName(root: string) {
   if (existsSync(path.join(root, 'angular.json'))) {
@@ -471,10 +472,14 @@ function getGlobPatternsFromPlugins(nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration): string[] {
 function getGlobPatternsFromPackageManagerWorkspaces(root: string): string[] {
   // TODO: add support for pnpm
   try {
-    const { workspaces } = readJsonFile(join(root, 'package.json'));
-
+    const { workspaces } = readJsonFile<PackageJson>(
+      join(root, 'package.json')
+    );
+    const packages = Array.isArray(workspaces)
+      ? workspaces
+      : workspaces?.packages;
     return (
-      workspaces?.map((pattern) => pattern + '/package.json') ?? [
+      packages?.map((pattern) => pattern + '/package.json') ?? [
         '**/package.json',
       ]
     );
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts
index b4f3cb2678208..f97cb522335bb 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export interface PackageJson {
   dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
   devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
   peerDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+  workspaces?:
+    | string[]
+    | {
+        packages: string[];
+      };
 
   // Nx Project Configuration
   nx?: NxProjectPackageJsonConfiguration;