From c36e246c6fb3805e46c3ffe0ed11747f3e10e03a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Jean <jasonjean1993@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:40:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): affect all projects when nx.json is touched
 (#23036)

---
 .../locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts       | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts   |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
index 7177042f612a2..2bb8bed92ba1f 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,26 @@ describe('getImplicitlyTouchedProjects', () => {
       []
     );
   });
+
+  it('should return every project when nx.json is touched', () => {
+    const graph = buildProjectGraphNodes({
+      a: {
+        root: 'a',
+        namedInputs: {
+          files: ['{workspaceRoot}/a.txt'],
+        },
+        targets: {},
+      },
+      b: {
+        root: 'b',
+      },
+    });
+    let fileChanges = getFileChanges(['nx.json']);
+    expect(getImplicitlyTouchedProjects(fileChanges, graph, nxJson)).toEqual([
+      'a',
+      'b',
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 function buildProjectGraphNodes(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
index d7a1a777f6b4c..b95e1e5f0fb01 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export const getImplicitlyTouchedProjects: TouchedProjectLocator = (
   projectGraphNodes,
   nxJson
 ): string[] => {
-  const implicits = {};
+  const implicits = {
+    'nx.json': '*',
+  };
 
   Object.values(projectGraphNodes || {}).forEach((node) => {
     const namedInputs = {