fix(core): use current user when hashing native file & enable setting…

… its directory via env (#24326)

(cherry picked from commit 10f97b9)

docs/shared/reference/environment-variables.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The following environment variables are ones that you can set to change the beha
 | NX_SKIP_LOG_GROUPING             | boolean | If set to `true`, Nx will not group command's logs on CI.                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | NX_MIGRATE_CLI_VERSION           | string  | The version of Nx to use for running the `nx migrate` command. If not set, it defaults to `latest`.                                                                                                                            |
 | NX_LOAD_DOT_ENV_FILES            | boolean | If set to 'false', Nx will not load any environment files (e.g. `.local.env`, `.env.local`)                                                                                                                                    |
+| NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY   | string  | The cache for native `.node` files is stored under a global temp directory by default. Set this variable to use a different directory. This is interpreted as an absolute path.                                                |
 
 Nx will set the following environment variables so they can be accessible within the process even outside of executors and generators.
 

packages/nx/src/command-line/reset/reset.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   projectGraphCacheDirectory,
 } from '../../utils/cache-directory';
 import { output } from '../../utils/output';
-import { nativeFileCacheLocation } from '../../native/native-file-cache-location';
+import { getNativeFileCacheLocation } from '../../native/native-file-cache-location';
 
 export async function resetHandler() {
   output.note({
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function resetHandler() {
   await daemonClient.stop();
   output.log({ title: 'Daemon Server - Stopped' });
   try {
-    rmSync(nativeFileCacheLocation, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    rmSync(getNativeFileCacheLocation(), { recursive: true, force: true });
   } catch (e) {
     // ignore, deleting the native file cache is not critical and can fail if another process is locking the file
   }

packages/nx/src/native/index.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const { join, basename } = require('path');
 const { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } = require('fs');
 const Module = require('module');
 const { nxVersion } = require('../utils/versions');
-const { nativeFileCacheLocation } = require('./native-file-cache-location');
+const { getNativeFileCacheLocation } = require('./native-file-cache-location');
 
 const nxPackages = new Set([
   '@nx/nx-android-arm64',
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Module._load = function (request, parent, isMain) {
     const fileName = basename(nativeLocation);
 
     // we copy the file to a workspace-scoped tmp directory and prefix with nxVersion to avoid stale files being loaded
+    const nativeFileCacheLocation = getNativeFileCacheLocation();
     const tmpFile = join(nativeFileCacheLocation, nxVersion + '-' + fileName);
     if (existsSync(tmpFile)) {
       return originalLoad.apply(this, [tmpFile, parent, isMain]);

packages/nx/src/native/native-file-cache-location.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { tmpdir, userInfo } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { workspaceRoot } from '../utils/workspace-root';
 
-export const nativeFileCacheLocation = join(
-  tmpdir(),
-  'nx-native-file-cache',
-  createHash('sha256').update(workspaceRoot).digest('hex')
-);
+export function getNativeFileCacheLocation() {
+  if (process.env.NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY) {
+    return process.env.NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY;
+  } else {
+    const shortHash = createHash('sha256')
+      .update(userInfo().username)
+      .update(workspaceRoot)
+      .digest('hex')
+      .substring(0, 7);
+    return join(tmpdir(), `nx-native-file-cache-${shortHash}`);
+  }
+}