From fa7d37e5ed6a553a79af0b6fa1b6b6d1c54952a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juri Strumpflohner <juri.strumpflohner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:34:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(core): improve message when workspace is not detected
 (#31632)

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## Current Behavior
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## Expected Behavior
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Adds the path to the terminal output s.t. you can at least debug what's
going on


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Fixes #
---
 packages/nx/bin/nx.ts | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts b/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
index 424b582904..c9cc6e5ec5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function main() {
     }
 
     if (!localNx) {
-      handleMissingLocalInstallation();
+      handleMissingLocalInstallation(workspace ? workspace.dir : null);
     }
 
     // this file is already in the local workspace
@@ -180,9 +180,11 @@ function resolveNx(workspace: WorkspaceTypeAndRoot | null) {
   });
 }
 
-function handleMissingLocalInstallation() {
+function handleMissingLocalInstallation(detectedWorkspaceRoot: string | null) {
   output.error({
-    title: `Could not find Nx modules in this workspace.`,
+    title: detectedWorkspaceRoot
+      ? `Could not find Nx modules at "${detectedWorkspaceRoot}".`
+      : `Could not find Nx modules in this workspace.`,
     bodyLines: [`Have you run ${chalk.bold.white(`npm/yarn install`)}?`],
   });
   process.exit(1);