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Generate executor

The generate executor runs code generation using go generate ./..., processing all //go:generate directives in the project tree.

nx run my-go-project:generate

Use nx run <project>:generate instead of nx generate <project> to avoid conflicts with Nx’s native generator command.

Option Type Default Description
env object - Environment variables to set when running the executor
flags string[] - Flags to pass to the go generate command

Inferred for all Go projects (applications and libraries):

{
  "executor": "@naxodev/gonx:generate",
  "cache": true,
  "dependsOn": ["^generate"],
  "inputs": [
    "{projectRoot}/go.mod",
    "{projectRoot}/go.sum",
    "{projectRoot}/**/*.{go}"
  ]
}

The ^generate dependency means generate targets run after upstream project generate targets complete.