nx exec prints the help docs multiple times when executed command returns non-zero exit code

[jeffhertzler]

Current Behavior

nx exec prints the help docs multiple times when executed command returns non-zero exit code

Expected Behavior

I would expect the help to not be generated either time. I would also expect the exit code to propagate down from the original npm script. Basically I would expect it to work the same as if I was not using nx exec and was instead calling nx directly:

❯ npx nx fail

> nx run gg-api-gateway:fail

> fail
> exit 1

 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

 >  NX   Ran target undefined for project gg-api-gateway (351ms)

    ✖    1/1 failed
    ✔    0/1 succeeded [0 read from cache]

The primary use case I have for this is trying to run tests thru nx exec. Test runners typically return a non-zero exit code when a test fails.

Github Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. add script that can fail to package.json that uses nx exec:

{
  "scripts": {
    "fail": "nx exec -- exit 1"
  }
}

2. run script in terminal:

❯ npm run fail

> fail
> nx exec -- exit 1


> nx run my-node-app:fail

> fail
> nx exec -- exit 1
nx exec
Executes any command as if it was a target on the project
Options:
      --version            Show version number  [boolean]
  -c, --configuration      This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects  [string]
  -t, --targets, --target  Tasks to run for affected projects  [string]
      --output-style       Defines how Nx emits outputs tasks logs  [string] [choices: "dynamic", "static", "stream", "stream-without-prefixes", "compact"]
      --exclude            Exclude certain projects from being processed  [string] [default: ""]
      --parallel           Max number of parallel processes [default is 3]  [string]
      --runner             This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json  [string]
      --verbose            Prints additional information about the commands (e.g., stack traces)  [boolean] [default: false]
      --nx-bail            Stop command execution after the first failed task  [boolean] [default: false]
      --nx-ignore-cycles   Ignore cycles in the task graph  [boolean] [default: false]
      --skip-nx-cache      Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache  [boolean] [default: false]
      --project            Target project  [string]
Error: Command failed: "exit" "1"
    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:828:11)
    at execSync (node:child_process:899:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/.../my-node-app/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/exec.js:25:42)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /.../my-node-app/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:118:75
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.__awaiter (/.../my-node-app/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:114:16)
    at Object.nxExecCommand (.../my-node-app/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/exec.js:18:20)
    at /.../my-node-app/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.js:272:71 {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 1678350,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

 >  NX   Ran target undefined for project my-node-app (529ms)

    ✖    1/1 failed
    ✔    0/1 succeeded [0 read from cache]

nx exec

Executes any command as if it was a target on the project

Options:
      --version            Show version number                                                                       [boolean]
  -c, --configuration      This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects                         [string]
  -t, --targets, --target  Tasks to run for affected projects                                                         [string]
      --output-style       Defines how Nx emits outputs tasks logs
                                       [string] [choices: "dynamic", "static", "stream", "stream-without-prefixes", "compact"]
      --exclude            Exclude certain projects from being processed                                [string] [default: ""]
      --parallel           Max number of parallel processes [default is 3]                                            [string]
      --runner             This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json                                 [string]
      --verbose            Prints additional information about the commands (e.g., stack traces)    [boolean] [default: false]
      --nx-bail            Stop command execution after the first failed task                       [boolean] [default: false]
      --nx-ignore-cycles   Ignore cycles in the task graph                                          [boolean] [default: false]
      --skip-nx-cache      Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache         [boolean] [default: false]
      --project            Target project                                                                             [string]

Error: Command failed: npx nx run my-node-app:\"fail\"
    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:828:11)
    at execSync (node:child_process:899:15)
    at /.../my-node-app/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/exec.js:48:45
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/.../my-node-app/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:115:62)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 1678289,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

Nx Report

>  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node : 16.15.1
   OS   : linux x64
   npm  : 8.11.0

   nx : 15.4.4
   @nrwl/angular : Not Found
   @nrwl/cypress : Not Found
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : Not Found
   @nrwl/esbuild : Not Found
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
   @nrwl/expo : Not Found
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : Not Found
   @nrwl/js : Not Found
   @nrwl/linter : Not Found
   @nrwl/nest : Not Found
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
   @nrwl/react : Not Found
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/rollup : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : Not Found
   @nrwl/web : Not Found
   @nrwl/webpack : Not Found
   @nrwl/workspace : Not Found
   @nrwl/vite : Not Found
   typescript : 4.9.4
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   Local workspace plugins:
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   Community plugins:

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