When running ng version, what does [...] mean?

[divyang-joshi]

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OS?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)

Windows 10

Versions.

Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:

@angular/cli: 1.0.0-beta.32.3 [1.0.0-beta.30]

Repro steps.

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Run ng version

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1. Running ng version outside the project returns @angular/cli: 1.0.0-beta.32.3
2. Running npm list @angular/cli returns @angular/cli@1.0.0-beta.32.3.

So where is this [1.0.0-beta.30] coming from, or what does it mean? I have a script setup that does a few things based on the versioning but this threw me off.

Edit, the script does do something like this, if there's a version mismatch. So this still happens after uninstall/re-install:

npm uninstall -g angular-cli @angular/cli
npm cache clean && npm install -g @angular/cli@ + supportedVersion
rd /s /q node_modules (delete folders + files)
rd /s /q dist
npm install --save-dev @angular/cli@ + supportedVersion
npm install

[beeman]

@divyangbw could it be that you still have a reference to angular-cli in your package.json?

[Meligy]

It might be the version in .angular-cli.json. Try deleting it from the file (yes, it's safe to delete, next version of the CLI will not include it) and see if the version still comes in the output.

[divyang-joshi]

Ah yes, the .angular-cli.json did contain a different version. Changed it, and no more of []. Thanks, guys! Didn't think of looking in the .angular-cli.jsonfile 😁.

Deleting it does, however, set the ng version to output 1.0.0-beta.32.3 [undefined] @Meligy. I'm ok with just having to keep two versions in sync, though.

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