ID: I202512171512 Status: idea Tags: CLI, NestJS, configuration

nest-cli.json

The nest-cli.json controls how the Nestjs CLI functions.

By default it will look something like this:

{
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "deleteOutDir": true
  }
}
 

The sourceRoot will manage where your generated components etc will go. for example, in Avans 2-1 LU3 we have set that to "sourceRoot": "src/modules"

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References

I was making a NestJS app when my generated components were in the wrong root.