fix(js): avoid nested paths in workspaces because they can lead to future issues (#29553)

For the new TS setup, we currently use nested glob patterns: `apps/**`,
`libs/**`, and `packages/**`.

Nested paths can result into too many projects being matched. For
example, if `libs/mylib/src/__fixtures__/package.json` is there for
testing, it will be matched as a project and likely result in an error.

Other tools like turborepo also caution against this:
https://turbo.build/repo/docs/crafting-your-repository/structuring-a-repository#declaring-directories-for-packages

If users want to, they could change to nested `**` paths, but we should
not use it by default.

Note: For CNW, we only use `apps/*` by default since that is where the
project lives. When users do `nx g lib packages/foo` then `packages/*`
will be added automatically.

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## Current Behavior
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Use nested `**` paths.

## Expected Behavior
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Don't use nested `**` paths.

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Fixes #

e2e/node/src/node-ts-solution.test.ts

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ describe('Node Applications', () => {
         'pnpm-workspace.yaml',
         `
 packages:
-  - 'apps/**'
+  - 'apps/*'
-  - 'packages/**'
+  - 'packages/*'
 `
       );
     } else {
       updateJson('package.json', (json) => {
-        json.workspaces = ['apps/**', 'packages/**'];
+        json.workspaces = ['apps/*', 'packages/*'];
         return json;
       });
     }

e2e/vue/src/vue-ts-solution.test.ts

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ describe('Vue Plugin', () => {
         'pnpm-workspace.yaml',
         `
 packages:
-  - 'apps/**'
+  - 'apps/*'
-  - 'packages/**'
+  - 'packages/*'
 `
       );
     } else {
       updateJson('package.json', (json) => {
-        json.workspaces = ['apps/**', 'packages/**'];
+        json.workspaces = ['apps/*', 'packages/*'];
         return json;
       });
     }

packages/create-nx-workspace/src/create-workspace.ts

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ function getWorkspaceGlobsFromPreset(preset: string): string[] {
     case Preset.RemixMonorepo:
     case Preset.VueMonorepo:
     case Preset.WebComponents:
-      return ['apps/**', 'libs/**', 'packages/**'];
+      return ['apps/*'];
     default:
-      return ['libs/**', 'packages/**'];
+      return ['packages/*'];
   }
 }

packages/js/src/utils/typescript/ts-solution-setup.ts

@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ export function addProjectToTsSolutionWorkspace(
   tree: Tree,
   projectDir: string
 ) {
-  // If dir is "libs/foo" then use "libs/**" so we don't need so many entries in the workspace file.
+  // If dir is "libs/foo" then use "libs/*" so we don't need so many entries in the workspace file.
+  // If dir is nested like "libs/shared/foo" then we add "libs/shared/*".
   // If the dir is just "foo" then we have to add it as is.
   const baseDir = dirname(projectDir);
-  const pattern = baseDir === '.' ? projectDir : `${baseDir}/**`;
+  const pattern = baseDir === '.' ? projectDir : `${baseDir}/*`;
   if (tree.exists('pnpm-workspace.yaml')) {
     const { load, dump } = require('@zkochan/js-yaml');
     const workspaceFile = tree.read('pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'utf-8');

packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts

@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       appTree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
       updateJson(appTree, 'package.json', (json) => {
-        json.workspaces = ['packages/**', 'apps/**'];
+        json.workspaces = ['packages/*', 'apps/*'];
         return json;
       });
       writeJson(appTree, 'tsconfig.base.json', {
@@ -1482,10 +1482,10 @@ describe('app', () => {
 
       const packageJson = readJson(appTree, 'package.json');
       expect(packageJson.workspaces).toEqual([
-        'packages/**',
+        'packages/*',
-        'apps/**',
+        'apps/*',
         'myapp',
-        'libs/**',
+        'libs/*',
       ]);
     });
 
@@ -1519,11 +1519,24 @@ describe('app', () => {
         unitTestRunner: 'none',
         e2eTestRunner: 'none',
       });
+      await applicationGenerator(appTree, {
+        directory: 'packages/shared/util',
+        addPlugin: true,
+        linter: Linter.EsLint,
+        style: 'none',
+        bundler: 'vite',
+        unitTestRunner: 'none',
+        e2eTestRunner: 'none',
+      });
 
       const pnpmContent = appTree.read('pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'utf-8');
       const pnpmWorkspaceFile = load(pnpmContent);
 
-      expect(pnpmWorkspaceFile.packages).toEqual(['myapp', 'apps/**']);
+      expect(pnpmWorkspaceFile.packages).toEqual([
+        'myapp',
+        'apps/*',
+        'packages/shared/*',
+      ]);
     });
   });
 

packages/workspace/src/generators/new/generate-workspace-files.spec.ts

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ describe('@nx/workspace:generateWorkspaceFiles', () => {
         "scripts": {},
         "version": "0.0.0",
         "workspaces": [
-          "packages/**",
+          "packages/*",
         ],
       }
     `);
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ describe('@nx/workspace:generateWorkspaceFiles', () => {
       defaultBase: 'main',
       packageManager: 'npm',
       isCustomPreset: false,
-      workspaceGlobs: ['apps/**', 'packages/**'],
+      workspaceGlobs: ['apps/*', 'packages/*'],
     });
 
     const packageJson = readJson(tree, '/proj/package.json');
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ describe('@nx/workspace:generateWorkspaceFiles', () => {
         "scripts": {},
         "version": "0.0.0",
         "workspaces": [
-          "apps/**",
+          "apps/*",
-          "packages/**",
+          "packages/*",
         ],
       }
     `);
@@ -326,14 +326,14 @@ describe('@nx/workspace:generateWorkspaceFiles', () => {
       defaultBase: 'main',
       packageManager: 'pnpm',
       isCustomPreset: false,
-      workspaceGlobs: ['apps/**', 'packages/**'],
+      workspaceGlobs: ['apps/*', 'packages/*'],
     });
 
     const packageJson = tree.read('/proj/pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'utf-8');
     expect(packageJson).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "packages: 
-        - "apps/**"
+        - "apps/*"
-        - "packages/**"
+        - "packages/*"
       "
     `);
   });

packages/workspace/src/generators/new/generate-workspace-files.ts

@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ function setUpWorkspacesInPackageJson(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       options.preset === Preset.Express) &&
       options.workspaces)
   ) {
-    const workspaces = options.workspaceGlobs ?? ['packages/**'];
+    const workspaces = options.workspaceGlobs ?? ['packages/*'];
     if (options.packageManager === 'pnpm') {
       tree.write(
         join(options.directory, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'),