Not possible to change the directory prefix used by the generator commands

[jusefb]

OS

Windows 10

Versions.

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.19-3
node: 5.10.1
os: darwin x64

Repro steps.

1. Change the prefix in the angular-cli.json from "app" to "src"
2. Run ng g component test-component command
3. You get an error "..../app" could not be found, the angualr-cli.json setting is completely ignored by the generator

[Meligy]

The prefix is relative to src, so, if you set it to src, it actually means src/src.

The generator command fails if you ask it to generate something in a directory that doesn't exist. src/src probably did not exist when you ran that, which is why you are getting the error.

Cheers,

[jusefb]

Hi, thank you for a quick response. Unfortunately no matter what I set the prefix to in the config file the generator still is looking for the "app" prefix. Is there some other property that needs changing?

[clydin]

That setting controls the selector prefix not the directory.
Unfortunately, the "app" directory appears to be hard coded

[jusefb]

That is what I thought, thanks for confirming it. I think this would be a must have for adding angular-cli to existing projects

[filipesilva]

@Brocco we should add base app folder name config to angular-cli.json, what do you think?

We have it hardcoded here (and maybe other places):

https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/blob/master/packages/angular-cli/utilities/dynamic-path-parser.js#L8

Adding it to RC1 because after that it'll be less than ideal to change the config.

[lordmat0]

@filipesilva
I tried changing just that place, but was still having issues so I'm pretty sure it's in other places

[Brocco]

It would be possible to make it configurable, but to clarify prefix is the prefix given to component selectors when they are generated.

[lordmat0]

@Brocco Had no idea, it's a little mysterious.

Is there any plans to include what each part of the angular-cli.json file does?

[Brocco]

@lordmat0 there are plans to make blueprints (generate templates) configurable in the future, but it is not there right now.