Allow Sync Generators Options in Configurations

[jogelin]

Use case:

We dynamically generate a gitlab-ci.yml file based on the repo/team/technology. We’d like to leverage sync generators so the committed gitlab-ci.yml always stays in sync.

Most of our configuration (including which sync generators to run) is inferred, but we’d like to make some sync generators configurable. Using nx.json > generators defaults works for static cases, but we need something more dynamic.

Because a sync generator has a schema, I was wondering if Nx could support a syntax like:

"syncGenerators": [
  {
    "generator": "@org/my-plugin:my-sync-generator",
    "options": {
      "releaseFlow": "full"
    }
  }
]

OR like nx.json

"syncGenerators": [
  {
    "@org/my-plugin:my-sync-generator":{
        "releaseFlow": "full"
    }
  }
]

That way we could rely on the generator’s schema and infer options automatically.

Do you think this is something Nx could consider supporting? I’d be happy to explore contributing a PR if it makes sense.

Thanks!

[mpsanchis]

I would like option (1) for the schema of project.json, allowing either string or object, to be consistent with the syntax from the plugins section in nx.json