How to set exception rules for "file doesn't belong to any project" linting errors

[dereklin]

We just upgraded from 0.9.0 to 0.11.1.

We have some static css and js files sitting in libs. When running npm run lint, we are getting these errors:

All files in 'apps' and 'libs' must be part of a project.:
The 'libs/xxx.css' file doesn't belong to any project.

Is there a way to ignore checking certain files?

[nweldev]

This is on purpose. Nrwl/Nx is strongly opinionated, that's the point.
In my opinion, keeping some css or js files directly in libs/ seems to be a really bad practice. Why do you need this ?

[dereklin]

Is it really? We are using semantic ui, for multiple apps. Rather than creating the same css and js files for each app, we are putting those files in libs. Libs is a natural choice for shared code.

If nx makes this a hard rule, then maybe I need to manually create an assets folder or such outside of apps and libs...

[nweldev]

I think this should be covered by a specific "core" (or "shared") library. From my perspective, libs/ isn't about sharing code directly. It's about splitting this code into Angular libraries "the right way". This permit, with tags, and the associated tslint and tsconfig rules, a better separation of concerns.
@vsavkin, do you confirm ?

[nweldev]

FYI :

• PR introducing this behaviour : feat(schematics): add lint checks ensuring the integrity of the works… #379
• and the related method :

  nx/packages/schematics/src/command-line/workspace-integrity-checks.ts

  Lines 51 to 71 in ce553b7

  	private filesWithoutProjects(): ErrorGroup[] {
  	const allFilesFromProjects = this.allProjectFiles();
  	const allFilesWithoutProjects = minus(this.files, allFilesFromProjects);
  	const first5FilesWithoutProjects =
  	allFilesWithoutProjects.length > 5
  	? allFilesWithoutProjects.slice(0, 5)
  	: allFilesWithoutProjects;
  	const errors = first5FilesWithoutProjects.map(
  	p => `The '${p}' file doesn't belong to any project.`
  	);
  	return errors.length === 0
  	? []
  	: [
  	{
  	header: `All files in 'apps' and 'libs' must be part of a project.`,
  	errors
  	}
  	];
  	}

[dereklin]

@noelmace thanks for pointing out the changes.

It turned out I just needed to add an entry into the .angular-cli.json.

I'll close this issue now.

[willyboy]

If I have a directory to group libs but the directory isn't itself a lib, I get this error by having a readme in the directory.
Like:

libs 
    -  shared (a directory for grouping)
         - layout (a generated lib)
         - tracking (a generated lib)
         README.md

[patrick-entinux]

If I have a directory to group libs but the directory isn't itself a lib, I get this error by having a readme in the directory.
Like:

libs 
    -  shared (a directory for grouping)
         - layout (a generated lib)
         - tracking (a generated lib)
         README.md

@willyboy Yeah, me too. I put a README.md file in my libs/angular to introduce the different libraries inside this folder. I guess I'll delete it for now.

[jonathonadams]

@willyboy @patrick-entinux I ran into this issue today as well but I solved it by adding a .nxignore file and adding the files there.

The docs say:

To exclude files from this lint rule, you can add them to the ".nxignore" file."

Hope this solves your issues.

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