updateProjectConfiguration fail with package.json configured projects

[edbzn]

Current Behavior

In the context of a generator, when projects are configured using package.json instead of project.json file, the devkit util function updateProjectConfiguration fails with the following error:

Cannot update project [name] at [path]. It doesn't exist or use package.json configuration.

Expected Behavior

I'm expecting this function to handle package.json based projects. Otherwise, what is the recommended way to handle this?

Thanks in advance.

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. setup a fresh monorepo with package.json projects based (no project.json)
2. try to use updateProjectConfiguration to update those projects

Nx Report

Node : 16.18.1
   OS   : linux x64
   yarn : 3.4.1
   
   nx : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/angular : Not Found
   @nrwl/cypress : Not Found
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/esbuild : Not Found
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/expo : Not Found
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/js : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/linter : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/nest : Not Found
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/react : Not Found
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/rollup : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : Not Found
   @nrwl/web : Not Found
   @nrwl/webpack : Not Found
   @nrwl/workspace : 15.6.3
   @nrwl/vite : Not Found
   typescript : 4.9.5
   ---------------------------------------
   Local workspace plugins:
         @jscutlery/semver
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
         ngx-deploy-npm: 5.2.0

Failure Logs

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Additional Information

Related issue jscutlery/semver#634.

[AgentEnder]

Package json based projects aren't handled by update project configuration, it is meant for project.json based projects only. If you want to support them, currently you'd need to do so with updateJson or similar.

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