From b93a87d9fdfb453b904ed70203e71d41408a9d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Jean <jasonjean1993@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:58:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(devkit): do not move properties when nx.json doesn't
 exist

---
 packages/devkit/src/generators/format-files.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/generators/format-files.ts b/packages/devkit/src/generators/format-files.ts
index bcc2a3d89c79eb..b60146c9621b33 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/generators/format-files.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/generators/format-files.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ function sortWorkspaceJson(tree: Tree) {
  * correctly.
  */
 function ensurePropertiesAreInNewLocations(tree: Tree) {
+  // If nx.json doesn't exist then there is no where to move these properties to
+  if (!tree.exists('nx.json')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const workspacePath = getWorkspacePath(tree);
   if (!workspacePath) {
     return;