format:write fails with Prettier 4 due to write/list-different combo

[ThePlenkov]

Description

Upgrading a workspace to Prettier 4.0.0-alpha.13 causes npx nx format:write (including --uncommitted) to fail. Nx invokes Prettier with both --write and --list-different, but Prettier 4 now treats that combination as invalid and exits with an error.

The error from Prettier is:

Incompatible options: "write" and "list-different" cannot be used together

As a result, nx format:write can no longer run when Prettier 4 is installed.

Reproduction

# install Prettier 4 alpha
bun add [email protected]
# or: npm install --save-dev [email protected]

# run Nx formatting on uncommitted changes
npx nx format:write --uncommitted

Expected behavior

Nx should still be able to format files when a project upgrades to Prettier 4. It should not pass incompatible flags to Prettier.

Actual behavior

Prettier exits with status 1 and prints:

Incompatible options: "write" and "list-different" cannot be used together

Nx surfaces this as a failed format:write command.

Environment

• Nx 22.1.1
• Prettier 4.0.0-alpha.13
• Works fine with Prettier 3.4.x in the same workspace

Suggested fix

When invoking Prettier in write mode, do not also pass --list-different (or otherwise adjust the integration so that Prettier 4 is not called with incompatible option combinations).