Build Before Versioning
In order to ensure that projects are built before the new version is applied to their package manifest, you can use the preVersionCommand property in nx.json:
1{
2 "release": {
3 "version": {
4 "preVersionCommand": "npx nx run-many -t build"
5 }
6 }
7}
8This command will run the build target for all projects before the version step of Nx Release. Any command can be specified, including non-nx commands. This step is often required when publishing from a custom dist directory, as the dist directory must be built before the version is applied to the dist directory's package manifest.
When using release groups in which the member projects are versioned together, you can use groupPreVersionCommand and it will be executed before the versioning step for that release group.
1{
2 "release": {
3 "groups": {
4 "my-group": {
5 "projects": ["my-lib-one", "my-lib-two"],
6 "version": {
7 "groupPreVersionCommand": "npx nx run-many -t build -p my-lib-one,my-lib-two"
8 }
9 }
10 }
11 }
12}
13The groupPreVersionCommand will run in addition to the global preVersionCommand.
Build Before Docker Versioning
In order to ensure that images are built before versioning, use the preVersionCommand property in the docker section of nx.json.
1{
2 "release": {
3 "docker": {
4 "preVersionCommand": "npx nx run-many -t docker:build"
5 }
6 }
7}
8If preVersionCommand is not set, the default is npx nx run-many -t docker:build, which builds all projects with a docker:build target. You can customize this command to be anything that runs prior to Docker versioning.
When using release groups with Docker, use the groupPreVersionCommand option to run a command before the versioning step for that group.
1{
2 "release": {
3 "groups": {
4 "my-group": {
5 "projects": ["api", "microservice"],
6 "docker": {
7 "groupPreVersionCommand": "npx nx run-many -t docker:build -p api,microservice"
8 }
9 }
10 }
11 }
12}
13The groupPreVersionCommand will run in addition to the global preVersionCommand for Docker.