Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '~/tools/tsconfig.tools.json'

Custom generator fails with following error:

Current Behavior

> npx nx workspace-generator new-package some
nx workspace-generator [name]

Runs a workspace generator from the tools/generators directory

Positionals:
  name  The name of your generator                                                                                [string] [required]

Options:
  --help             Show help                                                                                              [boolean]
  --version          Show version number                                                                                    [boolean]
  --list-generators  List the available workspace-generators                                                                [boolean]

Find more information and examples at https://nx.dev/cli/workspace-generator

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/workspace/reatom/tools/tsconfig.tools.json'
    at Object.openSync (node:fs:585:3)
    at readFileSync (node:fs:453:35)
    at readJsonFile (/workspace/reatom/node_modules/nx/src/utils/fileutils.js:21:43)
    at toolsTsConfig (/workspace/reatom/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/workspace-generators.js:93:41)
    at getToolsOutDir (/workspace/reatom/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/workspace-generators.js:49:20)
    at compileTools (/workspace/reatom/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/workspace-generators.js:40:25)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/workspace/reatom/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/workspace-generators.js:26:24)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /workspace/reatom/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:118:75
    at new Promise (<anonymous>) {
  errno: -2,
  syscall: 'open',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: '/workspace/reatom/tools/tsconfig.tools.json'
}

Expected Behavior

A new folder and files generated.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to the repo: https://github.com/artalar/reatom/tree/233ac496bb20bd0973479547142109a0453bda3d
2. Clone it or open by gitpod.io
3. npm i
4. npx nx workspace-generator new-package some

Failure Logs

Environment

Personal MacBook Air:

Node : 16.13.1
OS   : darwin arm64
npm  : 8.1.2

nx : 14.1.9
@nrwl/angular : Not Found
@nrwl/cypress : Not Found
@nrwl/detox : Not Found
@nrwl/devkit : 14.1.9
@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
@nrwl/express : Not Found
@nrwl/jest : 14.1.9
@nrwl/js : Not Found
@nrwl/linter : 14.1.9
@nrwl/nest : Not Found
@nrwl/next : Not Found
@nrwl/node : Not Found
@nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
@nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
@nrwl/react : Not Found
@nrwl/react-native : Not Found
@nrwl/schematics : Not Found
@nrwl/storybook : Not Found
@nrwl/web : Not Found
@nrwl/workspace : 14.1.9
typescript : 4.6.4
---------------------------------------
Community plugins:
  @ngrx/store: 13.2.0

Gitpod instance:

   Node : 16.15.0
   OS   : linux x64
   npm  : 8.5.5
   
   nx : 14.1.9
   @nrwl/angular : Not Found
   @nrwl/cypress : Not Found
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : 14.1.9
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : 14.1.9
   @nrwl/js : Not Found
   @nrwl/linter : 14.1.9
   @nrwl/nest : Not Found
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
   @nrwl/react : Not Found
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : Not Found
   @nrwl/web : Not Found
   @nrwl/workspace : 14.1.9
   typescript : 4.6.4
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
         @ngrx/store: 13.2.0

[pmrotule]

@dan-cooke Oh now I understand where I got confused, sorry. I’m creating a generator to create a new package and somehow I thought this tsconfig was the one copied to the new package (which doesn’t make sense now that I think about it). So now that I used the exact same config used in the example repo, it worked! Thanks for helping out 🙏

I removed the extends property so I ended up with the following config:

tools/tsconfig.tools.json

{
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "target": "es5",
    "outDir": "../dist/out-tsc/tools",
    "rootDir": ".",
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "declaration": false,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "importHelpers": true,
    "types": ["node"],
    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"],
    "lib": ["es2017", "dom"],
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
    "baseUrl": "."
  },
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "tmp"],
  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
}

This tsconfig.tools.json should definitely be added when running nx generate @nrwl/workspace:workspace-generator my-generator to avoid confusion.

[artalar]

I’m trying to fix it, what does that even mean???