Ability to ignore project files during affected commands

[kotva006]

It would be great to have something like an .nxignore or an addition to nx.json to specify project files that should not trigger affected test and build.  We have a couple different files that would be useful to ignore.  One example is app specific documentation.  We want to be able to update these files in our monorepo without triggering full apps to be built and tested.

For example a section in nx.json would allow:
“ignore”: [
  “apps/**/README.md”
]

We could move these files out of project roots, but logically many of them make sense to be managed where they are.

If there is already a way to handle this and I’m missing it, let me know.

[kkoo95]

yes it would be helpful with git submodules for examples to ignore complete projects if not checked out yet

[kkoo95]

OK! #234 found it here

[mac2000]

Did not get into it how should I exclude bitbucket-pipeline.yml for example? Seems like --exclude option is for project rather than file

[hoang-innomize]

I tried with a .nxignore file but it seems not working, the file has a single line

tslint.json

[vsavkin]

tslint.json is a non-project file and they are handled in a special way. You need to remove from implicitDependencies in nx.json`.

I'm going to close this issue.

Thank you!

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