From d356f61192845c129a29b026d1e5da8a1517547f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Henry <james@henry.sc>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:56:23 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): skip dependents of projects without changes in
 conventional commits (#26671)

---
 packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts
index ea076efe2c..344f9faf48 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts
@@ -397,8 +397,16 @@ export async function releaseChangelog(
       continue;
     }
     for (const project of releaseGroup.projects) {
+      // If the project does not have any changes, do not process its dependents
+      if (
+        !projectsVersionData[project] ||
+        projectsVersionData[project].newVersion === null
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const dependentProjects = (
-        projectsVersionData[project]?.dependentProjects || []
+        projectsVersionData[project].dependentProjects || []
       )
         .map((dep) => {
           return {