Generator creating .eslintrc.json at the root path even when .eslintrc.js already exist

[lyczos]

Current Behavior

In my project, I'm using .eslintrc.js (javascript) as a root config for ESLint (my config needs dynamic paths and some other JS-related features so JSON is a limitation).
When I'm using a generator for creating lib/app then every time .eslintrc.json file is created.

Expected Behavior

NX Generator should at least check if .eslintrc.js exist at the root level and if so do not create .eslintrc.json file.

Steps to Reproduce

1. create .eslintrc.js with some basic config
2. remove .eslintrc.json
3. generate new application
4. check root directory - .eslintrc.json is created

Failure Logs

Environment

  Node : 14.16.1
  OS   : darwin x64
  npm  : 6.14.12
  
  nx : Not Found
  @nrwl/angular : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/cli : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/cypress : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/devkit : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/express : Not Found
  @nrwl/jest : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/linter : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/nest : Not Found
  @nrwl/next : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/node : Not Found
  @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
  @nrwl/react : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
  @nrwl/tao : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/web : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/workspace : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/storybook : 12.9.0
  @nrwl/gatsby : Not Found
  typescript : 4.3.5

[FrozenPandaz]

Would someone like to open a PR that does the following?

1. Checks if an eslint config exists.
2. Updates the logic when creating a new library to extend whichever eslint config exists at the root.

[wilgert]

We worked around this problem by creating an .eslintrc.json at the root that contains:
{ "extends": ["./.eslintrc.js"] }

[AloisH]

Hello I made a PR fixing this issues.
Here is the link: #10080

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