fix(core): improve the dx of the sync commands and gracefully handle exiting the prompt when running tasks

packages/nx/src/command-line/sync/sync.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as ora from 'ora';
 import { createProjectGraphAsync } from '../../project-graph/project-graph';
 import { output } from '../../utils/output';
 import { handleErrors } from '../../utils/params';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   syncGeneratorResultsToMessageLines,
 } from '../../utils/sync-generators';
 import type { SyncArgs } from './command-object';
+import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 interface SyncOptions extends SyncArgs {
   check?: boolean;
@@ -27,6 +29,17 @@ export function syncHandler(options: SyncOptions): Promise<number> {
     const results = await getSyncGeneratorChanges(syncGenerators);
 
     if (!results.length) {
+      output.success({
+        title: options.check
+          ? 'The workspace is up to date'
+          : 'The workspace is already up to date',
+        bodyLines: syncGenerators.map(
+          (generator) =>
+            `The ${chalk.bold(
+              generator
+            )} sync generator didn't identify any files in the workspace that are out of sync.`
+        ),
+      });
       return 0;
     }
 
@@ -39,8 +52,21 @@ export function syncHandler(options: SyncOptions): Promise<number> {
       return 1;
     }
 
+    output.warn({
+      title: `The workspace is out of sync`,
+      bodyLines: syncGeneratorResultsToMessageLines(results),
+    });
+
+    const spinner = ora('Syncing the workspace...');
+    spinner.start();
+
     await flushSyncGeneratorChanges(results);
 
+    spinner.succeed(`The workspace was synced successfully!
+
+Please make sure to commit the changes to your repository.
+`);
+
     return 0;
   });
 }

packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ async function ensureWorkspaceIsInSyncAndGetGraphs(
   }
 
   const outOfSyncTitle = 'The workspace is out of sync';
-  const resultBodyLines = syncGeneratorResultsToMessageLines(results);
+  const resultBodyLines = [...syncGeneratorResultsToMessageLines(results), ''];
   const fixMessage =
     'You can manually run `nx sync` to update your workspace or you can set `sync.applyChanges` to `true` in your `nx.json` to apply the changes automatically when running tasks.';
   const willErrorOnCiMessage = 'Please note that this will be an error on CI.';
@@ -344,30 +344,34 @@ Please make sure to commit the changes to your repository.`);
 }
 
 async function promptForApplyingSyncGeneratorChanges(): Promise<boolean> {
-  const promptConfig = {
-    name: 'applyChanges',
-    type: 'select',
-    message:
-      'Would you like to sync the changes to get your worskpace up to date?',
-    choices: [
-      {
-        name: 'yes',
-        message: 'Yes, sync the changes and run the tasks',
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'no',
-        message: 'No, run the tasks without syncing the changes',
-      },
-    ],
-    footer: () =>
-      chalk.dim(
-        '\nYou can skip this prompt by setting the `sync.applyChanges` option in your `nx.json`.'
-      ),
-  };
+  try {
+    const promptConfig = {
+      name: 'applyChanges',
+      type: 'select',
+      message:
+        'Would you like to sync the changes to get your worskpace up to date?',
+      choices: [
+        {
+          name: 'yes',
+          message: 'Yes, sync the changes and run the tasks',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'no',
+          message: 'No, run the tasks without syncing the changes',
+        },
+      ],
+      footer: () =>
+        chalk.dim(
+          '\nYou can skip this prompt by setting the `sync.applyChanges` option in your `nx.json`.'
+        ),
+    };
 
-  return await prompt<{ applyChanges: 'yes' | 'no' }>([promptConfig]).then(
-    ({ applyChanges }) => applyChanges === 'yes'
-  );
+    return await prompt<{ applyChanges: 'yes' | 'no' }>([promptConfig]).then(
+      ({ applyChanges }) => applyChanges === 'yes'
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }
 
 function setEnvVarsBasedOnArgs(nxArgs: NxArgs, loadDotEnvFiles: boolean) {

packages/nx/src/utils/sync-generators.ts

@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ export function syncGeneratorResultsToMessageLines(
     if (result.outOfSyncMessage) {
       messageLines.push(result.outOfSyncMessage);
     }
-    messageLines.push('');
   }
 
   return messageLines;