Unable to Define Bi-directional Relationships using TypeORM (Circular dependency)

Expected Behavior

When using the Nest CLI, I can define bidirectional relationships such as:

menu.entity.ts

@ManyToOne((type) => Brand, brand=> brand.menus)
@JoinColumn()
brand: Brand;

brand.entity.ts

@OneToMany((type) => Menu, menu => menu.brand)
 menus: Menu;

Current Behavior

When you attempt this, you cannot serve the API and you get the errors outlined in Failure Information.

This works COMPLETELY in Nest CLI.

Failure Information (for bugs)

WARNING in Circular dependency detected:
apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/brands/models/brand.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/brands/models/brand.entity.ts

WARNING in Circular dependency detected:
apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menu-item-modifiers/models/menu-item-modifier.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menu-item-modifiers/models/menu-item-modifier.entity.ts

WARNING in Circular dependency detected:
apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/brands/models/brand.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts

WARNING in Circular dependency detected:
apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/orders/models/order.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/orders/models/order.entity.ts

WARNING in Circular dependency detected:
apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/restaurants/models/restaurant.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/brands/models/brand.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts -> apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/restaurants/models/restaurant.entity.ts

followed by:

ReferenceError: Cannot access 'Brand' before initialization
    at Module.Brand (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/main.js:1156:97)
    at Module../apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/webpack:/apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/menus/models/menu.entity.ts:49:10)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/webpack:/webpack/bootstrap:19:1)
    at Module../apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/brands/models/brand.entity.ts (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/main.js:1161:83)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/webpack:/webpack/bootstrap:19:1)
    at Module../apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/restaurants/models/restaurant.entity.ts (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/main.js:2664:85)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/webpack:/webpack/bootstrap:19:1)
    at Module../apps/fourburner-api/src/resources/assignedroles/models/assigned_role.entity.ts (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/main.js:979:95)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/webpack:/webpack/bootstrap:19:1)
    at Module../apps/fourburner-api/src/shared/auth/auth.service.ts (/Users/leeharris/Desktop/Repos/fourburner/dist/apps/fourburner-api/main.js:3864:110)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an NX app with Nest.js
2. Create two entities which have bi-directional relationships
3. Serve the API using NX

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup:

NX Report output:

@nrwl/angular : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/cli : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/cypress : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
  @nrwl/express : Not Found
  @nrwl/jest : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/linter : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/nest : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/next : Not Found
  @nrwl/node : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/react : Not Found
  @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
  @nrwl/tao : 9.2.3
  @nrwl/web : Not Found
  @nrwl/workspace : 9.2.3
  typescript : 3.8.3

3rd party versions:

"typeorm": "^0.2.24",
"pg": "^8.0.3",

Failure Logs

Included above.

Other

I’ve found this exact bug mentioned across several other products that use NX, but for some reason no bug report here. This is a common thing it seems for NX + NestJS users.

[sinnrrr]

Any updates on the issue?

@mmcxii already solved the issue, the answer is to set "module": "commonjs" in the "compilerOptions" of tsconfig

[sinnrrr]

+1 just to keep this issue open