From 1ff9cb318ffecad68ae2e02dbf6fcb839b9b5d74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craigory Coppola <craigorycoppola@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:30:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): targets referred to by targetDependencies should
 be optional by default (#9344)

---
 packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
index 6c893af477695..2d046167c4d35 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { appRootPath } from 'nx/src/utils/app-root';
 import type {
   NxJsonConfiguration,
+  ProjectConfiguration,
   ProjectGraph,
   ProjectGraphProjectNode,
   TargetDependencyConfig,
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ export function createTask({
 }
 
 function addTasksForProjectDependencyConfig(
-  project: ProjectGraphProjectNode,
+  project: ProjectGraphProjectNode<ProjectConfiguration>,
   {
     target,
     configuration,
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ function addTasksForProjectDependencyConfig(
         }
       }
     }
-  } else {
+  } else if (projectHasTarget(project, dependencyConfig.target)) {
     addTasksForProjectTarget(
       {
         project,