ng new --prefix seems to be ignored

[SanderElias]

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- [ ] feature request

Versions.

@angular/cli: 1.0.0
node: 6.10.1
os: win32 x64

Repro steps.

ng new AppshellSample --prefix app-shell --style scss --routing -d

The log given by the failure.

installing ng
You specified the dry-run flag, so no changes will be written.
create .editorconfig
create README.md
create src\app\app-routing.module.ts
create src\app\app.component.scss
create src\app\app.component.html
create src\app\app.component.spec.ts
create src\app\app.component.ts
create src\app\app.module.ts
create src\assets.gitkeep
create src\environments\environment.prod.ts
create src\environments\environment.ts
create src\favicon.ico
create src\index.html
create src\main.ts
create src\polyfills.ts
create src\styles.scss
create src\test.ts
create src\tsconfig.app.json
create src\tsconfig.spec.json
create src\typings.d.ts
create .angular-cli.json
create e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts
create e2e\app.po.ts
create e2e\tsconfig.e2e.json
create karma.conf.js
create package.json
create protractor.conf.js
create tsconfig.json
create tslint.json
Project 'AppshellSample' successfully created.

Desired functionality.

this part:
create src\app\app-routing.module.ts
create src\app\app.component.scss
create src\app\app.component.html
create src\app\app.component.spec.ts
create src\app\app.component.ts
create src\app\app.module.ts

Should be:
create src\app-shell\app-shell-routing.module.ts
create src\app-shell\app-shell.component.scss
create src\app-shell\app-shell.component.html
create src\app-shell\app-shell.component.spec.ts
create src\app-shell\app-shell.component.ts
create src\app-shell\app-shell.module.ts

Mention any other details that might be useful.

Sometimes you just need a differently named top-level component.

[clydin]

The --prefix option controls the selector prefix for components/directives. The file structure and naming is intentional and follows the style guide.

[SanderElias]

@clydin There are times the style-guide need an override. In this case, I need a different starting point. I can do it manually, but when I do that, and I ng create anything it ends up in the ./src/app. And that's the wrong place.

[0x-r4bbit]

As @clydin said, there seems to be a misunderstanding here. You can ng create in subfolders to create a different structure but --prefix configure selector prefixes.

[SanderElias]

@PascalPrecht Ok, so, what do I need to do to generate the thing I'm describing using the CLI, preferably without manual intervention?

[0x-r4bbit]

I think src/app is mandatory. But you can configure a different root in angular-cli.json.

Other than that you just

$ mkdir app-shell
$ cd app-shell
$ ng g ...

[SanderElias]

@PascalPrecht I tried, but somehow it failed me. Let me give it another go.
(BTW I'm in the Grand America Lobby right now, care to join and take a look at this?)

[SanderElias]

@clydin @PascalPrecht, I have discussed this with the style-guide (That materialised to me in the form of @wardbell ) and what I need and want is allowed by the guide. After some more digging, it turns out to be a bug in the CLI. I will keep this item closed, as the actual problem has nothing to do with --prefix.

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