[Bug] Root Param should be respected in OrmConfig file

[johannesschobel]

Dear @hirsch88 ,

today i tried to add your library to my existing project in order to provide respective seeding functionality.

For the context, please note that i use a mono-repository with nrwl/nx. I have a few applications (all stored in apps/ folder of my project root), whereas one is a NestJS API. The latter uses TypeORM with an ormconfig.js file and your library.

However, when i want to run the commands, i have to set the additional --root parameter, because my ormconfig.js file is not stored in the root folder of the mono-repository, but in the specific application folder (e.g., apps/api/src/ormconfig.js).

My apps/api/src/ormconfig.js file looks like this:

module.exports = {
  // ... lots of params to connect to the database
  synchronize: false,
  seeds: ['my/custom/path/to/seeds/*.ts'],
};

However, because i need to call the seeder command with --root param, i expected the seeds parameter to prepend respective root path. For example, the path should be apps/api/src/my/custom/path/to/seeds/*.ts.

Not sure, if i did something wrong, but my seeds were not properly found. If i entered the full path (relative to the root folder of the project itself) it worked out!

All the best

[hirsch88]

Hi @johannesschobel unfortunately you have to use the --root argument for monorepos. Howerver, if you run the seed command inside of your apps/api folder it should work.

[aledoroshenko]

And what is the correct way to set root? Having projectName/src/config/typeorm.config.ts I'm trying this: "seed:config": "ts-node ./node_modules/typeorm-seeding/dist/cli.js config --configName typeorm.config.ts --root /src/config", but have an error Error: Cannot find module '/src/config/typeorm.config.ts'.

[SaveYourTime]

And what is the correct way to set root? Having projectName/src/config/typeorm.config.ts I'm trying this: "seed:config": "ts-node ./node_modules/typeorm-seeding/dist/cli.js config --configName typeorm.config.ts --root /src/config", but have an error Error: Cannot find module '/src/config/typeorm.config.ts'.

Same here!

[trompx]

Same here, the doc is not in sync with how it works currently.
What worked for me is to specify the whole config path with configName, omitting root completly:
--configName ./src/api/config/ormconfig.js