Add Angular Build

Add @angular/build When Used by an Executor

The @nx/angular:application and @nx/angular:unit-test executors load the Angular builders by importing @angular/build directly, and any @angular/build:* executor is provided by that package, so @angular/build is a required runtime dependency for workspaces using those targets. Nothing declares it as a direct dependency, though: it has only ever been available transitively as a dependency of @angular-devkit/build-angular. That is not reliable (for example, under Yarn Berry it can be missing from node_modules even when @angular-devkit/build-angular is installed), and when @angular/build cannot be resolved the build fails with "This executor requires the package @angular/build to be installed". This migration adds @angular/build to devDependencies when a project uses one of those executors and it is not already installed, at the version the application generator installs. An existing version is preserved.

Executor usage is detected on any target using @nx/angular:application, @nx/angular:unit-test, or an @angular/build:* executor. Targets that inherit their executor from an nx.json targetDefaults entry are detected too.

Examples

project.json

Before:

// project.json
{
  "targets": {
    "build": {
      "executor": "@nx/angular:application",
      "options": {},
    },
  },
}

After (package.json):

// package.json
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/build": "~22.0.4",
  },
}

nx.json (targetDefaults)

A project whose build target inherits its executor from an nx.json targetDefaults entry is also detected:

// nx.json
{
  "targetDefaults": {
    "build": {
      "executor": "@nx/angular:application",
      "options": {},
    },
  },
}

// apps/app1/project.json
{
  "targets": {
    "build": {},
  },
}

@angular/build is added to package.json as shown above.