From d37379fd2fe228ee617e05f898983132c7843aaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craigory Coppola <craigorycoppola@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:08:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): build-project-graph shouldn't fail when large
 number of workers are available (#9804)

fixes #9801
---
 packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
index 7069b1f7dfadc..5b6d46cf93ee5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export async function buildProjectGraph() {
 
   const cacheEnabled = process.env.NX_CACHE_PROJECT_GRAPH !== 'false';
   let cache = cacheEnabled ? readCache() : null;
-
   return (
     await buildProjectGraphUsingProjectFileMap(
       workspaceJson,
@@ -292,7 +291,10 @@ function buildExplicitDependenciesUsingWorkers(
   totalNumOfFilesToProcess: number,
   builder: ProjectGraphBuilder
 ) {
-  const numberOfWorkers = getNumberOfWorkers();
+  const numberOfWorkers = Math.min(
+    totalNumOfFilesToProcess,
+    getNumberOfWorkers()
+  );
   const bins = splitFilesIntoBins(
     ctx,
     totalNumOfFilesToProcess,