fix(misc): move --useDotNxInstallation to yargs config (#18475)

docs/generated/cli/init.md

@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Set up distributed caching with Nx Cloud.
 
+### useDotNxInstallation
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Initialize an Nx workspace setup in the .nx directory of the current repository.
+
 ### version
 
 Type: `boolean`

docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/init.md

@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Set up distributed caching with Nx Cloud.
 
+### useDotNxInstallation
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Initialize an Nx workspace setup in the .nx directory of the current repository.
+
 ### version
 
 Type: `boolean`

packages/nx/src/command-line/init/command-object.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CommandModule, Argv } from 'yargs';
+import { CommandModule, Argv, boolean } from 'yargs';
 import { parseCSV } from '../yargs-utils/shared-options';
 
 export const yargsInitCommand: CommandModule = {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const yargsInitCommand: CommandModule = {
 
 function withInitOptions(yargs: Argv) {
   return yargs
-    .options('nxCloud', {
+    .option('nxCloud', {
       type: 'boolean',
       description: 'Set up distributed caching with Nx Cloud.',
     })
@@ -35,18 +35,24 @@ function withInitOptions(yargs: Argv) {
       type: 'boolean',
       default: false,
     })
+    .option('useDotNxInstallation', {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description:
+        'Initialize an Nx workspace setup in the .nx directory of the current repository.',
+      default: false,
+    })
     .option('force', {
       describe:
         'Force the migration to continue and ignore custom webpack setup or uncommitted changes. Only for CRA projects.',
       type: 'boolean',
       default: false,
     })
-    .options('vite', {
+    .option('vite', {
       type: 'boolean',
       description: 'Use Vite as the bundler. Only for CRA projects.',
       default: true,
     })
-    .options('cacheable', {
+    .option('cacheable', {
       type: 'string',
       description:
         'Comma-separated list of cacheable operations. Only used for internal testing.',

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

@@ -22,27 +22,19 @@ export interface InitArgs {
   vite: boolean;
   nxCloud?: boolean;
   cacheable?: string[];
+  useDotNxInstallation?: boolean;
 }
 
 export async function initHandler(options: InitArgs) {
   // strip the 'init' command itself so we don't forward it
   const args = process.argv.slice(3).join(' ');
-  const flags = parser(args, {
-    boolean: ['useDotNxInstallation'],
-    alias: {
-      useDotNxInstallation: ['encapsulated'],
-    },
-    default: {
-      useDotNxInstallation: false,
-    },
-  }) as any as { useDotNxInstallation: boolean };
 
   const version =
     process.env.NX_VERSION ?? (prerelease(nxVersion) ? 'next' : 'latest');
   if (process.env.NX_VERSION) {
     console.log(`Using version ${process.env.NX_VERSION}`);
   }
-  if (flags.useDotNxInstallation === true) {
+  if (options.useDotNxInstallation === true) {
     setupDotNxInstallation(version);
   } else if (existsSync('package.json')) {
     const packageJson: PackageJson = readJsonFile('package.json');