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[7 beta] ng new error: "new command requires to be run outside of a project, but a project definition was found", doesn't say where the stray file is

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- [X ] new
- [ ] build
- [ ] serve
- [ ] test
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- [ ] generate
- [ ] add
- [ ] update
- [ ] lint
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- [ ] run
- [ ] config
- [ ] help
- [ ] version
- [ ] doc

Versions

Angular CLI: 7.0.0-beta.2 Node: 10.10.0 OS: linux x64

(ng new doesn’t have other versions yet)

Repro steps

ng new newProjecct

The log given by the failure

Desired functionality

A new project 😉

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:6
Comments:12 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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amitportcommented, Sep 7, 2018

Still got this error when trying from c:\ with no .angular.json or .angular.json there.

There was an .angular.json in c:\users\<my-win-username>. removing it solved the issue. Where it came from? and why it affected ng new in all locations?

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alan-agius4commented, Sep 7, 2018

Following a convo with @SanderElias, It might be that there is a hidden .angular.json.

Kindly try to check if that’s the case by executing ls -a in a terminal in the same directory that you are trying to using the ng new command.