fix(core): project locator should use nodes when tsconfig is missing (#…

…14417)

Fixes #13099

packages/nx/src/utils/target-project-locator.spec.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
 jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
 
 describe('findTargetProjectWithImport', () => {
-  let ctx: ProjectGraphProcessorContext;
   let projects: Record<string, ProjectGraphProjectNode>;
   let npmProjects: Record<string, ProjectGraphExternalNode>;
   let fsJson;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ describe('findTargetProjectWithImport', () => {
     };
     vol.fromJSON(fsJson, '/root');
 
-    ctx = {
+    const ctx = {
       workspace: {
         ...workspaceJson,
         ...nxJson,
@@ -594,6 +593,14 @@ describe('findTargetProjectWithImport (without tsconfig.json)', () => {
     } as any;
 
     projects = {
+      '@org/proj1': {
+        name: '@org/proj1',
+        type: 'lib',
+        data: {
+          root: 'libs/proj1',
+          files: [],
+        },
+      },
       proj3a: {
         name: 'proj3a',
         type: 'lib',
@@ -773,6 +780,20 @@ describe('findTargetProjectWithImport (without tsconfig.json)', () => {
     expect(res4).toEqual('proj');
   });
 
+  it('should be able to resolve local project', () => {
+    const result1 = targetProjectLocator.findProjectWithImport(
+      '@org/proj1',
+      'libs/proj1/index.ts'
+    );
+    const result2 = targetProjectLocator.findProjectWithImport(
+      '@org/proj1/some/nested/path',
+      'libs/proj1/index.ts'
+    );
+
+    expect(result1).toEqual('@org/proj1');
+    expect(result2).toEqual('@org/proj1');
+  });
+
   it('should be able to npm dependencies', () => {
     const result1 = targetProjectLocator.findProjectWithImport(
       '@ng/core',

packages/nx/src/utils/target-project-locator.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
   private tsConfig = this.getRootTsConfig();
   private paths = this.tsConfig.config?.compilerOptions?.paths;
   private typescriptResolutionCache = new Map<string, string | null>();
+  private projectResolutionCache = new Map<string, string | null>();
   private npmResolutionCache = new Map<string, string | null>();
 
   constructor(
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
       return this.findProjectOfResolvedModule(resolvedModule);
     }
 
+    // find project using tsconfig paths
     const paths = this.findPaths(normalizedImportExpr);
     if (paths) {
       for (let p of paths) {
@@ -50,6 +52,12 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
       }
     }
 
+    // check if it exists in projects
+    const project = this.findProject(normalizedImportExpr);
+    if (project) {
+      return project;
+    }
+
     // try to find npm package before using expensive typescript resolution
     const npmProject = this.findNpmPackage(normalizedImportExpr);
     if (npmProject) {
@@ -127,6 +135,22 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
     return;
   }
 
+  private findProject(importExpr: string): string | undefined {
+    if (this.projectResolutionCache.has(importExpr)) {
+      return this.projectResolutionCache.get(importExpr);
+    } else {
+      const project = Object.values(this.nodes).find(
+        (project) =>
+          importExpr === project.name ||
+          importExpr.startsWith(`${project.name}/`)
+      );
+      if (project) {
+        this.npmResolutionCache.set(importExpr, project.name);
+        return project.name;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private findNpmPackage(npmImport: string): string | undefined {
     if (this.npmResolutionCache.has(npmImport)) {
       return this.npmResolutionCache.get(npmImport);