nx/docs/generated/cli/affected.md

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affected - CLI command	Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.

affected

Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.

Usage

nx affected

Install nx globally to invoke the command directly using nx, or use npx nx, yarn nx, or pnpm nx.

Examples

Run custom target for all affected projects:

 nx affected -t custom-target

Run tests in parallel:

 nx affected -t test --parallel=5

Run lint, test, and build targets for affected projects. Requires Nx v15.4+:

 nx affected -t lint test build

Run tests for all the projects affected by changing the index.ts file:

 nx affected -t test --files=libs/mylib/src/index.ts

Run tests for all the projects affected by the changes between main and HEAD (e.g., PR):

 nx affected -t test --base=main --head=HEAD

Run tests for all the projects affected by the last commit on main:

 nx affected -t test --base=main~1 --head=main

Run build for only projects with the tag dotnet:

 nx affected -t=build --exclude='*,!tag:dotnet'

Use the currently executing project name in your command:

 nx affected -t build --tag=$NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT:latest

Preview the task graph that Nx would run inside a webview:

 nx affected -t=build --graph

Save the task graph to a file:

 nx affected -t=build --graph=output.json

Print the task graph to the console:

 nx affected -t=build --graph=stdout

Options

Option	Type	Description
--all	boolean	Deprecated: Use nx run-many instead
--base	string	Base of the current branch (usually main).
--batch	boolean	Run task(s) in batches for executors which support batches. (Default: false)
--configuration, --c	string	This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects.
--exclude	string	Exclude certain projects from being processed.
--excludeTaskDependencies	boolean	Skips running dependent tasks first. (Default: false)
--files	string	Change the way Nx is calculating the affected command by providing directly changed files, list of files delimited by commas or spaces.
--graph	string	Show the task graph of the command. Pass a file path to save the graph data instead of viewing it in the browser. Pass "stdout" to print the results to the terminal.
--head	string	Latest commit of the current branch (usually HEAD).
--help	boolean	Show help.
--nxBail	boolean	Stop command execution after the first failed task. (Default: false)
--nxIgnoreCycles	boolean	Ignore cycles in the task graph. (Default: false)
--outputStyle	dynamic-legacy, dynamic, tui, static, stream, stream-without-prefixes	Defines how Nx emits outputs tasks logs. tui: enables the Nx Terminal UI, recommended for local development environments. dynamic-legacy: use dynamic-legacy output life cycle, previous content is overwritten or modified as new outputs are added, display minimal logs by default, always show errors. This output format is recommended for local development environments where tui is not supported. static: uses static output life cycle, no previous content is rewritten or modified as new outputs are added. This output format is recommened for CI environments. stream: nx by default logs output to an internal output stream, enable this option to stream logs to stdout / stderr. stream-without-prefixes: nx prefixes the project name the target is running on, use this option remove the project name prefix from output.
--parallel	string	Max number of parallel processes [default is 3].
--runner	string	This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json.
--skipNxCache, --disableNxCache	boolean	Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache. (Default: false)
--skipRemoteCache, --disableRemoteCache	boolean	Disables the remote cache. (Default: false)
--skipSync	boolean	Skips running the sync generators associated with the tasks. (Default: false)
--targets, --target, --t	string	Tasks to run for affected projects.
--tuiAutoExit	string	Whether or not to exit the TUI automatically after all tasks finish, and after how long. If set to true, the TUI will exit immediately. If set to false the TUI will not automatically exit. If set to a number, an interruptible countdown popup will be shown for that many seconds before the TUI exits.
--uncommitted	boolean	Uncommitted changes.
--untracked	boolean	Untracked changes.
--verbose	boolean	Prints additional information about the commands (e.g., stack traces).
--version	boolean	Show version number.