ng help does not work outside an CLI generated project

[SanderElias]

OS?

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

Versions.

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.25.5
node: 6.9.4
os: linux x64

Repro steps.

cd ~/nonCLIfolder
ng help

The log given by the failure.

at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/micromatch/lib/expand.js:10:13)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/micromatch/index.js:10:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/anymatch/index.js:4:18)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/chokidar/index.js:6:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/lib/Server.js:2:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/angular-cli/tasks/serve-webpack.js:8:24)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/serve.run.js:6:23)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at /usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/help.js:29:33
at Array.reduce (native)
at Class.run (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/help.js:27:39)
at Class.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/angular-cli/ember-cli/lib/models/command.js:147:17)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)

Not a big issue, but if you want to get the option for ng new its a bit of a bummer.

[CarreraPHP]

ng help works fine in macOS Sierra. must be linux specific issue

however, I see No help entry for 'serve.run' message within the help content. other than serve it occurs for init, github-pages-deploy and build.

ng lint
  Lints code in existing project

ng new <options...>
  Creates a new directory and runs ng init in it.
  --dry-run (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -d
  --verbose (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -v
  --link-cli (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -lc
  --skip-npm (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -sn
  --skip-git (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -sg
  --skip-tests (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -st
  --skip-commit (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -sc
  --directory (String)
    aliases: -dir <value>
  --source-dir (String) (Default: src)
    aliases: -sd <value>
  --style (String) (Default: css)
  --prefix (String) (Default: app)
    aliases: -p <value>
  --mobile (Boolean) (Default: false)
  --routing (Boolean) (Default: false)
  --inline-style (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -is
  --inline-template (Boolean) (Default: false)
    aliases: -it

No help entry for 'serve.run'
ng serve <options...>
  Builds and serves your app, rebuilding on file changes.
  aliases: server, s
  --port (Number) (Default: 4200)
    aliases: -p <value>
  --host (String) (Default: localhost) Listens only on localhost by default
    aliases: -H <value>
  --proxy-config (Path)
    aliases: -pc <value>
  --watcher (String) (Default: events)
    aliases: -w <value>
  --live-reload (Boolean) (Default: true)
    aliases: -lr
  --live-reload-host (String) Defaults to host
    aliases: -lrh <value>
  --live-reload-base-url (String) Defaults to baseURL
    aliases: -lrbu <value>
  --live-reload-port (Number) (Defaults to port number within [49152...65535])
    aliases: -lrp <value>
  --live-reload-live-css (Boolean) (Default: true) Whether to live reload CSS (default true)
  --target (String) (Default: development)
    aliases: -t <value>, -dev (--target=development), -prod (--target=production)
  --environment (String) (Default: )
    aliases: -e <value>
  --ssl (Boolean) (Default: false)
  --ssl-key (String) (Default: ssl/server.key)
  --ssl-cert (String) (Default: ssl/server.crt)
  --aot (Boolean) (Default: false)
  --sourcemap (Boolean) (Default: true)
    aliases: -sm
  --vendor-chunk (Boolean) (Default: true)
  --verbose (Boolean) (Default: false)
  --progress (Boolean) (Default: true)
  --open (Boolean) (Default: false) Opens the url in default browser
    aliases: -o
  --hmr (Boolean) (Default: false) Enable hot module replacement
  --i18n-file (String) (Default: null)
  --i18n-format (String) (Default: null)
  --locale (String) (Default: null)
  --extract-css (Boolean) (Default: null)

[filipesilva]

I also seem to be able to run ng help outside of a project on Windows. Leaving this open to see if more people have this problem and if it's just on Linux machines.

@CarreraPHP yeah those entries in red are a bug. I'll make an issue for it. #3994

[clydin]

Could be yarn related. Does it happen if installed with npm?

[SanderElias]

@clydin. I wanted to check out your premises. So I removed the global CLI, installed it again with NPM, and it worked. I can now confirm it does not work when installed global with yarn, but it does work when installed with NPM. (I double-checked.)

Hmm, should I file an issue at yarn for this, or is it still a CLI issue?

[0radek]

I think you need to set a path variable for the /bin for Yarn. I think by default it saves your dependencies somewhere else (not sure where, I had to do it a long time ago because I had a similar issue). Hope that helps.

[SanderElias]

@ScaryWolfMan This might be the solution, but then again, I expect my package manager to handle that, as it is its job. Unless the CLI does something dirty in this regards. Then it's a CLI issue. Hence my question about where I should file the issue.

[beeman]

This is most likely related to yarnpkg/yarn#648

[hansl]

Closing this as yarn only.

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