[1.4.0-beta.2] "more than one module matches" error when it should not

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Versions.

@angular/cli: 1.4.0-beta.2 node: 8.4.0 os: darwin x64

Repro steps.

ng g component hello                                                                                                                                 
  create src/app/hello/hello.component.css (0 bytes)
  create src/app/hello/hello.component.html (24 bytes)
  create src/app/hello/hello.component.spec.ts (621 bytes)
  create src/app/hello/hello.component.ts (265 bytes)
  update src/app/app.module.ts (392 bytes)

ng g module shared
  create src/app/shared/shared.module.ts (190 bytes)

ng g component hi 
Error: More than one module matches. Use skip-import option to skip importing the component into the closest module.
More than one module matches. Use skip-import option to skip importing the component into the closest module.

The log given by the failure.

Error: More than one module matches. Use skip-import option to skip importing the component into the closest module.
More than one module matches. Use skip-import option to skip importing the component into the closest module.

Desired functionality.

Using 1.3.x the same command adds the component to the root module.

installing component
  create src/app/hi/hi.component.css
  create src/app/hi/hi.component.html
  create src/app/hi/hi.component.spec.ts
  create src/app/hi/hi.component.ts
  update src/app/app.module.ts

[dekonunes]

try ng g component hi --module app

[m98]

As the warning says, It’s because you have more than one module

You can solve it by specifying the name of the module you want to import the component to it. ng generate component componentName --module=app.module