affected

Run target for affected projects

Usage

nx affected

Install nx globally to invoke the command directly using nx, or use npx nx, yarn nx, or pnpm nx.

Examples

Run custom target for all affected projects:

nx affected -t custom-target

Run tests in parallel:

nx affected -t test --parallel=5

Run the test target for all projects:

nx affected -t test --all

Run lint, test, and build targets for affected projects. Requires Nx v15.4+:

nx affected -t lint test build

Run tests for all the projects affected by changing the index.ts file:

nx affected -t test --files=libs/mylib/src/index.ts

Run tests for all the projects affected by the changes between main and HEAD (e.g., PR):

nx affected -t test --base=main --head=HEAD

Run tests for all the projects affected by the last commit on main:

nx affected -t test --base=main~1 --head=main

Use the currently executing project name in your command.:

nx affected -t build --tag=$NX_TARGET_TASK_PROJECT:latest

Options

all

Type: boolean

All projects

base

Type: string

Base of the current branch (usually main)

configuration

Type: string

This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects

exclude

Type: string

Exclude certain projects from being processed

files

Type: string

Change the way Nx is calculating the affected command by providing directly changed files, list of files delimited by commas or spaces

graph

Type: boolean

Default: false

Show the task graph of the command

Type: string

Latest commit of the current branch (usually HEAD)

help

Type: boolean

Show help

nx-bail

Type: boolean

Default: false

Stop command execution after the first failed task

nx-ignore-cycles

Type: boolean

Default: false

Ignore cycles in the task graph

output-style

Type: string

Choices: [dynamic, static, stream, stream-without-prefixes]

Defines how Nx emits outputs tasks logs

parallel

Type: string

Max number of parallel processes [default is 3]

runner

Type: string

This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json

skip-nx-cache

Type: boolean

Default: false

Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache

targets

Type: string

Tasks to run for affected projects

uncommitted

Type: boolean

Uncommitted changes

untracked

Type: boolean

Untracked changes

verbose

Type: boolean

Prints additional information about the commands (e.g., stack traces)

version

Type: boolean

Show version number