fix(js): locate npm nodes correctly for aliased packages

packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.spec.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ describe('TargetProjectLocator', () => {
           name: '@proj/proj123-base',
           version: '1.0.0',
         }),
+        './node_modules/lodash/package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: 'lodash',
+          version: '3.0.0',
+        }),
+        './node_modules/lodash-4/package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: 'lodash',
+          version: '4.0.0',
+        }),
       };
       vol.fromJSON(fsJson, '/root');
       projects = {
@@ -263,6 +271,22 @@ describe('TargetProjectLocator', () => {
             packageName: '@proj/proj123-base',
           },
         },
+        'npm:lodash': {
+          name: 'npm:lodash',
+          type: 'npm',
+          data: {
+            version: '3.0.0',
+            packageName: 'lodash',
+          },
+        },
+        'npm:lodash-4': {
+          name: 'npm:lodash-4',
+          type: 'npm',
+          data: {
+            packageName: 'lodash-4',
+            version: 'npm:[email protected]',
+          },
+        },
       };
 
       targetProjectLocator = new TargetProjectLocator(projects, npmProjects);
@@ -454,6 +478,20 @@ describe('TargetProjectLocator', () => {
       );
       expect(proj5).toEqual('proj5');
     });
+
+    it('should be able to resolve packages alises', () => {
+      const lodash = targetProjectLocator.findProjectFromImport(
+        'lodash',
+        'libs/proj/index.ts'
+      );
+      expect(lodash).toEqual('npm:lodash');
+
+      const lodash4 = targetProjectLocator.findProjectFromImport(
+        'lodash-4',
+        'libs/proj/index.ts'
+      );
+      expect(lodash4).toEqual('npm:lodash-4');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('findTargetProjectWithImport (without tsconfig.json)', () => {

packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.ts

@@ -188,9 +188,14 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
 
       const version = clean(externalPackageJson.version);
       const npmProjectKey = `npm:${externalPackageJson.name}@${version}`;
-      const matchingExternalNode = this.npmProjects[npmProjectKey];
+      let matchingExternalNode = this.npmProjects[npmProjectKey];
       if (!matchingExternalNode) {
-        return null;
+        // check if it's a package alias, where the resolved package key is used as the version
+        const aliasNpmProjectKey = `npm:${packageName}@${npmProjectKey}`;
+        matchingExternalNode = this.npmProjects[aliasNpmProjectKey];
+        if (!matchingExternalNode) {
+          return null;
+        }
       }
 
       this.npmResolutionCache.set(