Allow Remix application to omit package.json (e.g. when working with nx executors)

[mcmxcdev]

At the moment, it is not possible to move all npm scripts into Nx-specific project.json and delete the package.json.

Remix is throwing an error like:
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/<user>/<project>/package.json'

Could there be an exemption to not throw the error when working with workspace tools like NX?

[kiliman]

Even in an Nx project, wouldn't the individual project require a project.json file? I thought Nx simply coordinates builds and consolidates node_modules.

With that being said, Remix needs the package.json dependencies in order to know what packages need to be bundled by the client build.

remix/packages/remix-dev/compiler.ts

Lines 318 to 327 in 4b11c6d

	async function createBrowserBuild(
	config: RemixConfig,
	options: BuildOptions & { incremental?: boolean }
	): Promise<esbuild.BuildResult> {
	// For the browser build, exclude node built-ins that don't have a
	// browser-safe alternative installed in node_modules. Nothing should
	// *actually* be external in the browser build (we want to bundle all deps) so
	// this is really just making sure we don't accidentally have any dependencies
	// on node built-ins in browser bundles.
	let dependencies = Object.keys(getAppDependencies(config));

Anyway, you should be able to move the scripts. Just note that the remix command is executed from node_modules/.bin/remix, so make sure Nx is executing the correct command.

[mcmxcdev]

What we want to achieve is a package.json at root level only, and each subpackage has a nx-specific project.json, no package.json.

All dependencies including remix ones moved to root level, so the nested package.json files are essentially useless.