From 7e517eef95cc8db289c354c1c37862ab0b10aaa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colum Ferry <cferry09@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:27:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(angular): license-webpack-plugin should not scan root
 package.json #27989

---
 .../angular/src/builders/utilities/webpack.ts | 38 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/builders/utilities/webpack.ts b/packages/angular/src/builders/utilities/webpack.ts
index 916cfbdd7cdfa..b12c4c57fedaa 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/builders/utilities/webpack.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/builders/utilities/webpack.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 import { registerTsProject } from '@nx/js/src/internal';
 import { workspaceRoot } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 export async function mergeCustomWebpackConfig(
   baseWebpackConfig: any,
@@ -22,11 +23,44 @@ export async function mergeCustomWebpackConfig(
 
   // The extra Webpack configuration file can export a synchronous or asynchronous function,
   // for instance: `module.exports = async config => { ... }`.
+  let newConfig: any;
   if (typeof config === 'function') {
-    return config(baseWebpackConfig, options, target);
+    newConfig = config(baseWebpackConfig, options, target);
   } else {
-    return merge(baseWebpackConfig, config);
+    newConfig = merge(baseWebpackConfig, config);
   }
+
+  // license-webpack-plugin will at times try to scan the monorepo's root package.json
+  // This will result in an error being thrown
+  // Ensure root package.json is excluded
+  const licensePlugin = newConfig.plugins.find(
+    (p) => p.constructor.name === 'LicenseWebpackPlugin'
+  );
+  if (licensePlugin) {
+    let rootPackageJsonName: string;
+    const pathToRootPackageJson = join(
+      newConfig.context.root ?? workspaceRoot,
+      'package.json'
+    );
+    if (existsSync(pathToRootPackageJson)) {
+      try {
+        const rootPackageJson = JSON.parse(
+          readFileSync(pathToRootPackageJson, 'utf-8')
+        );
+        rootPackageJsonName = rootPackageJson.name;
+        licensePlugin.pluginOptions.excludedPackageTest = (pkgName: string) => {
+          if (!rootPackageJsonName) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          return pkgName === rootPackageJsonName;
+        };
+      } catch {
+        // do nothing
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return newConfig;
 }
 
 export function resolveCustomWebpackConfig(path: string, tsConfig: string) {