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ng generate component fails

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I created a new project with the latest angular-cli npm packages 0.0.25 and can’t generate a component?

c:\temp\app5>ng generate component comp1
installing component
Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
    at Class.module.exports.normalizeEntityName (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\blueprints\component\index.js:19:19)
    at Class.Blueprint._normalizeEntityName (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\models\blueprint.js:434:24)
    at Class.Blueprint.install (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\models\blueprint.js:492:8)
    at Class.module.exports.Task.extend.run (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\tasks\generate-from-blueprint.js:60:49)
    at Class.module.exports.Command.extend.run (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\commands\generate.js:77:17)
    at Class.<anonymous> (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\models\command.js:151:17)
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$tryCatch (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1036:16)
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$invokeCallback (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1048:17)
    at c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:331:11
    at lib$rsvp$asap$$flush (c:\temp\app5\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1198:9)

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Created 8 years ago
Comments:13 (5 by maintainers)

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markjritchiecommented, Mar 14, 2016

@Brocco very true, but I thought it might be handy to post for anybody that’s stuck waiting for the next release

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filipesilvacommented, Mar 17, 2016

@pierreboissinot It’s a windows cmd console specific issue. Which is to say, works on linux and windows with gitbash just fine. We’ll fix it.

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