How the Project Graph is Built
Nx creates a graph of all the dependencies between projects in your workspace using two sources of information:
Package dependencies defined in the
package.json
file for each project.If the
myapp/package.json
file has this dependency:myapp/package.json1{ 2 "dependencies": { 3 "@myorg/awesome-library": "*" 4 } 5} 6
Then
my-app
depends onawesome-library
.Note: We typically use
*
for the dependency instead of a specific version because we want to depend on the version of the library as it currently exists in the repo.Typescript
import
statements referencing a particular project's path aliasFor instance, if a file in
my-app
has this code:1import { something } from '@myorg/awesome-library'; 2
Then
my-app
depends onawesome-library
This can be turned on or off with the
analyzeSourceFiles
flag.Manually created
implicitDependencies
in the project configuration file.If your project configuration has this content:
1{
2 "name": "myapp",
3 "nx": {
4 "implicitDependencies": ["some-api"]
5 }
6}
7
Then my-app
depends on some-api
.