Cannot generate a component on a dir path other than the default "app/"

[shairez]

Bug Report or Feature Request (mark with an x)

- [x] bug report -> please search issues before submitting
- [ ] feature request

Area

- [ ] devkit
- [x] schematics

Versions

Node v8.9.0
Npm 5.6.0
Windows 10

Repro steps

Let's say I have the following structure -

app/
  app.module.ts

custom-app/
  app.module.ts

And I want to create a new component under custom-app

From the root of the project, trying to run any of these :

ng g c my-comp -m="../custom-app/app.module.ts"
or
ng g c custom-app/my-comp -m="../custom-app/app.module.ts"
or even
ng g c /src/custom-app/my-comp -m="../custom-app/app.module.ts"

results in a component being created under the /app folder and not /custom-app.

The log given by the failure

  create src/app/custom-app/my-comp/my-comp.component.html (26 bytes)
  create src/app/custom-app/my-comp/my-comp.component.spec.ts (629 bytes)
  create src/app/custom-app/my-comp/my-comp.component.ts (271 bytes)
  create src/app/custom-app/my-comp/my-comp.component.css (0 bytes)
  update src/custom-app/app.module.ts (419 bytes)

Desired functionality

I would expect that -

1. Specifying a module would create the component underneath that specific module's folder

2. If not, at least specifying a different path (starting from the src folder) will generate that component under that custom path

Mention any other details that might be useful

none

[alexeagle]

This issue was moved to angular/angular-cli#12141