Build configuration cannot be set in targetDependencies

Current Behavior

Current Behavior: One target can be made dependent on other targets by defining the targetDependencies. example:

"targetDependencies": {
    "deploy": [
      {
        "target": "build-nx-prod",
        "projects": "self"
      }
    ]
  }

But there is no way to define the build target’s configuration in the dependency. eg: If I run npx nx affected --target=deploy -c=production --parallel --max-parallel=3 --stage=pr --skip-nx-cache in my CI/CD pipeline using github actions. The build target with default configuration is run and not the defined -c=production configuration.

Expected Behavior

Expected Behavior: When we run the above command from ci.yml file the ci should pick the build configuration and not the default one. We need a way where we can define the configuration in nx so it is picked correctly.

No

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create two targets in project.json of an app.
2. Call them build and deploy
3. add build configuation like

"build": {
      "executor": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
      "options": {
        "outputPath": "dist/administration",
        "aot": true,
        "index": "apps/administration/src/index.html",
        "main": "apps/administration/src/main.ts",
        "tsConfig": "apps/administration/tsconfig.app.json",
        "polyfills": "apps/administration/src/polyfills.ts",
        "assets": [
          "apps/administration/src/assets",
          "apps/administration/src/favicon.ico",
          {
            "glob": "**/*",
            "input": "libs/web/angular/shared/data-access/application-api/src/lib/assets",
            "output": "/assets"
          },
          {
            "glob": "**/*",
            "input": "qa-data",
            "output": "/assets"
          },
          {
            "input": "libs/configuration/src/lib",
            "glob": "frameRedirect.html",
            "output": "/"
          },
          {
            "input": "node_modules/msal/dist",
            "glob": "msal.min.js",
            "output": "/"
          },
          {
            "input": "config",
            "glob": "config.json",
            "output": "/"
          },
          {
            "glob": "configuration.js",
            "input": "libs/logging/src/lib/new-relic",
            "output": "/newrelic"
          }
        ],
        "styles": [
          "node_modules/normalize.css/normalize.css",
          "node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css",
          "apps/administration/src/styles.scss"
        ],
        "scripts": ["node_modules/msal/dist/msal.js"]
      },
      "configurations": {
        "development": {
          "baseHref": "/",
          "outputPath": "/"
        },
        "production": {
          "baseHref": "/administration/",
          "outputHashing": "all",
          "sourceMap": true,
          "optimization": true,
          "outputPath": "dist/administration",
          "budgets": [
            {
              "type": "anyComponentStyle",
              "maximumWarning": "6kb"
            }
          ],
          "fileReplacements": [
            {
              "replace": "apps/administration/src/environments/environment.ts",
              "with": "apps/administration/src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
            },
            {
              "replace": "environments/environment.ts",
              "with": "environments/environment.prod.ts"
            }
          ],
          "namedChunks": false,
          "extractLicenses": true
        },
}}

1. Add the targetDependencies in nx.json

"targetDependencies": {
    "deploy": [
      {
        "target": "build",
        "projects": "self"
      }
    ]
  },

1. Run the Ci command npx nx affected --target=deploy -c=production --parallel --max-parallel=3 --stage=pr --skip-nx-cache

You will notice the -c=production is not run instead it runs only the default options in the build target.

[haven2world]

Experiencing a similar issue, I think when we define the targetDependencies, we need another field to specify the configuration. like

"targetDependencies": {
    "deploy": [
      {
        "target": "build",
        "configuration": "production/test/e2e",
        "projects": "self"
      }
    ]
  },

[Indronil]

@elgurinn No not now. This seems to be an issue with NX. All I did as a workaround is created the target with options that I need to run from my CI.