Schematics fails to attach to modules outside of apps dir

[emilio-martinez]

Minimal reproduction of the bug/regression with instructions:

Bumped into this issue in a project following the Nrwl Nx Schematics project structure. The project contains a lib "my-lib", and when running ngrx schematics with the "module" param I get the following output.

$ ng generate @ngrx/schematics:feature my-feature --module=libs/my-lib/src/lib/my-lib.module.ts --dry-run

Specified module path /apps/my-app/src/app/libs/my-lib/src/lib/my-lib.module.tsdoes not exist

The schematics seem to be only pointing to the first project in the angular.json. I also tried changing the defaultProject temporarily, but there was no change.

Expected behavior:

Schematics should be able to generate in projects other than the main app. Perhaps a --project param is needed?

Versions of NgRx, Angular, Node, affected browser(s) and operating system(s):

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.12.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.12.1
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.12.1
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.12.1
@angular-devkit/core              7.2.1
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.2.1
@angular/cli                      7.2.1
@ngtools/webpack                  7.2.1
@schematics/angular               7.2.1
@schematics/update                0.12.1
rxjs                              6.3.3
typescript                        3.1.6
webpack                           4.23.1
@ngrx/*                           7.0.0

Other information:

I would be willing to submit a PR to fix this issue

[X] Yes (Assistance is provided if you need help submitting a pull request)
[ ] No

[timdeschryver]

Have you tried using the --project flag?
It should be available via #1477.

[emilio-martinez]

I hadn't. Although it's kind of hard to know it's there because it doesn't appear via --help:

$ ng generate @ngrx/schematics:entity --help                
Generates and/or modifies files based on a schematic.
usage: ng generate @ngrx/schematics:entity <name> [options]

arguments:
  schematic
    The schematic or collection:schematic to generate.

options:
  --defaults 
    When true, disables interactive input prompts for options with a default.
  --dry-run (-d)
    When true, runs through and reports activity without writing out results.
  --force (-f)
    When true, forces overwriting of existing files.
  --help 
    Shows a help message for this command in the console.
  --interactive 
    When false, disables interactive input prompts.

Help for schematic @ngrx/schematics:entity

arguments:
  name
    The name of the entity.

options:
  --flat 
    Flag to indicate if a dir is created.
  --group (-g)
    Group actions, reducers and effects within relative subfolders
  --module (-m)
    Specifies the declaring module.
  --reducers (-r)
    Specifies the reducers file.
  --spec 
    Specifies if a spec file is generated.

Seems like the schema declaration has it set to be invisible? Is there any reason for that?

[emilio-martinez]

Added a PR to make the flag visible—if helpful.