feat(core): add NX_IGNORE_CYCLES environment variable

nrwl · Aug 18, 2023 · b03f078 · b03f078
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diff --git a/docs/shared/reference/environment-variables.md b/docs/shared/reference/environment-variables.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ The following environment variables are ones that you can set to change the beha
 | NX_DRY_RUN                       | boolean | If set to `true`, will perform a dry run of the generator. No files will be created and no packages will be installed.                                                                                                                 |
 | NX_INTERACTIVE                   | boolean | If set to `true`, will allow Nx to prompt you in the terminal to answer some further questions when running generators.                                                                                                                |
 | NX_GENERATE_QUIET                | boolean | If set to `true`, will prevent Nx logging file operations during generate                                                                                                                                                              |
-| NX_PREFER_TS_NODE                | boolean | If set to `true`, Nx will use ts-node for local execution of plugins even if `@swc-node/register` is installed.                                                                                                                        |
+| NX_PREFER_TS_NODE                | boolean | If set to `true`, Nx will use ts-node for local execution of plugins even if `@swc-node/register` is installed.                                                                                                                       |
+| NX_IGNORE_CYCLES                 | boolean | If set to `true`, Nx will ignore errors created by a task graph circular dependency. Can be overriden on the command line with `--nxIgnoreCycles`    
 
 Nx will set the following environment variables so they can be accessible within the process even outside of executors and generators
 

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function createTaskGraphAndValidateCycles(
 
   const cycle = findCycle(taskGraph);
   if (cycle) {
-    if (nxArgs.nxIgnoreCycles) {
+    if (process.env.NX_IGNORE_CYCLES === 'true' || nxArgs.nxIgnoreCycles) {
       output.warn({
         title: `The task graph has a circular dependency`,
         bodyLines: [`${cycle.join(' --> ')}`],