🐞 `postTargets` don't trigger target dependencies

[yjaaidi]

postTargets should work just like targets which are run using nx run meaning that they should follow the targetDependencies described in nx.json.

IMHO, @nrwl/devkit's runExecutor() should trigger target dependencies but it doesn't. Cf. https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/7560

If this isn't fixed in @nrwl/devkit, we have to figure out a workaround like running nx run like we run any other command.

[nidomiro]

I'm currently having this problem at https://github.com/nidomiro/ts-tools. My first try of a 'workaround' is to add the dependency-target, in my case the build target, at the top of the postTargets. Is there an easy way to call the build target with an extra parameter like '--production'?

[nidomiro]

My current workaround looks like this: https://github.com/nidomiro/ts-tools/commit/de6a73b2dde54f4a1913bbab589e41b3407fb7f4

[ndrsg]

I'm having the same problem. I want to execute a build in the postTargets. postTargets seem to ignore dependencies, it does not matter, if they are defined as dependsOn or in nx.json as targetDependencies. also the "built-in" dependencies for the build-target is ignored.

    "version": {
      "executor": "@jscutlery/semver:version",
      "options": {
        "allowEmptyRelease": true,
        "preset": "conventional",
        "trackDeps": true,
        "commitMessageFormat": "chore(${projectName}): release version ${version}",
        "postTargets": [
          "my-lib:build",
          "my-lib:publish",
          "my-lib:release"
        ]
      }
    }

my-lib depends on my-other-lib, so I get an error:

Some of the project app-comm-lib's dependencies have not been built yet. Please build these libraries before:
- my-other-lib
Error: Some dependencies of 'my-lib' have not been built. This probably due to the build target being misconfigured.

My work around is to define this dependency in nx.json for the version-target, so the cli handles the dependency (builds depending-on libs before versioning):

  "targetDependencies": {
    "version": [
      {
        "target": "build",
        "projects": "dependencies"
      }
    ]
  },

[Banegasn]

Im having the same problem, seems like this can solve it for the moment.

"targetDefaults": {
   "release": {
     "dependsOn": ["^build"]
    }
 }