feat(eslint): rename eslint.config.js to eslint.config.cjs to resolve them as CommonJS (#29334)

This PR updates our generators to use `eslint.config.cjs` instead of
`eslint.config.js` so that Node resolution will treat it as CommonJS.
This solves an issue where having `"type": "module"` in `package.json`
will result in an error when Node tries to resolve the config file as
ESM.

Also allows us to clean up out Remix generators to not have to rename to
`eslint.config.cjs` to solve the same issue.

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Fixes #

Author: jaysoo

docs/generated/packages/eslint-plugin/documents/dependency-checks.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Sometimes we intentionally want to add or remove a dependency from our `package.
       "checkObsoleteDependencies": true, // toggle to disable
       "checkVersionMismatches": true, // toggle to disable
       "ignoredDependencies": ["lodash"], // these libs will be omitted from checks
-      "ignoredFiles": ["webpack.config.js", "eslint.config.js"], // list of files that should be skipped for check
+      "ignoredFiles": ["webpack.config.js", "eslint.config.cjs"], // list of files that should be skipped for check
       "includeTransitiveDependencies": true, // collect dependencies transitively from children
       "useLocalPathsForWorkspaceDependencies": true // toggle to disable
     }

docs/generated/packages/eslint/executors/lint.json

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         "default": true
       }
     },
-    "examplesFile": "Linter can be configured in multiple ways. The basic way is to provide only `lintFilePatterns`, which is a mandatory property. This tells us where to look for files to lint.\n\n`project.json`:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"]\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Examples\n\n{% tabs %}\n{% tab label=\"Fixing linter issues\" %}\n\nLinter provides an automated way of fixing known issues. To ensure that those changes are properly cached, we need to add an `outputs` property to the `lint` target. Omitting the `outputs` property would produce an invalid cache record. Both of these properties are set by default when scaffolding a new project.\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"]\n  }\n}\n```\n\nWith these settings, we can run the command with a `--fix` flag:\n\n```bash\nnx run frontend:lint --fix\n```\n\nWe can also set this flag via project configuration to always fix files when running lint:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"fix\": true\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Custom output format\" %}\n\nESLint executor uses the `stylish` output format by default. You can change this by specifying the `format` property:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"format\": \"compact\"\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Silence warnings\" %}\n\nMigrated or legacy projects tend to have an overwhelming amount of lint errors. We might want to change those temporarily to be warnings so they don't block the development. But they would still clutter the report. We can run the command with `--quiet` to hide warning (errors would still break the lint):\n\n```bash\nnx run frontend:lint --quiet\n```\n\nWe can also set this via project configuration as a default option.\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"quiet\": true\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Flat Config file\" %}\n\n`ESLint` provides several ways of specifying the configuration. The default one is using `.eslintrc.json` but you can override it by setting the `eslintConfig` flag. The new `Flat Config` is now also supported:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"eslintConfig\": \"eslint.config.js\"\n  }\n}\n```\n\n**Note:** In contrast to other configuration formats, the `Flat Config` requires that all configuration files are converted to `eslint.config.js`. Built-in migrations and generators support only `.eslintrc.json` at the moment.\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% /tabs %}\n\n---\n",
+    "examplesFile": "Linter can be configured in multiple ways. The basic way is to provide only `lintFilePatterns`, which is a mandatory property. This tells us where to look for files to lint.\n\n`project.json`:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"]\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Examples\n\n{% tabs %}\n{% tab label=\"Fixing linter issues\" %}\n\nLinter provides an automated way of fixing known issues. To ensure that those changes are properly cached, we need to add an `outputs` property to the `lint` target. Omitting the `outputs` property would produce an invalid cache record. Both of these properties are set by default when scaffolding a new project.\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"]\n  }\n}\n```\n\nWith these settings, we can run the command with a `--fix` flag:\n\n```bash\nnx run frontend:lint --fix\n```\n\nWe can also set this flag via project configuration to always fix files when running lint:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"fix\": true\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Custom output format\" %}\n\nESLint executor uses the `stylish` output format by default. You can change this by specifying the `format` property:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"format\": \"compact\"\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Silence warnings\" %}\n\nMigrated or legacy projects tend to have an overwhelming amount of lint errors. We might want to change those temporarily to be warnings so they don't block the development. But they would still clutter the report. We can run the command with `--quiet` to hide warning (errors would still break the lint):\n\n```bash\nnx run frontend:lint --quiet\n```\n\nWe can also set this via project configuration as a default option.\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"quiet\": true\n  }\n}\n```\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% tab label=\"Flat Config file\" %}\n\n`ESLint` provides several ways of specifying the configuration. The default one is using `.eslintrc.json` but you can override it by setting the `eslintConfig` flag. The new `Flat Config` is now also supported:\n\n```json\n\"lint\": {\n  \"executor\": \"@nx/eslint:lint\",\n  \"outputs\": [\"{options.outputFile}\"],\n  \"options\": {\n    \"lintFilePatterns\": [\"apps/frontend/**/*.ts\"],\n    \"eslintConfig\": \"eslint.config.cjs\"\n  }\n}\n```\n\n**Note:** In contrast to other configuration formats, the `Flat Config` requires that all configuration files are converted to `eslint.config.cjs`. Built-in migrations and generators support only `.eslintrc.json` at the moment.\n\n{% /tab %}\n{% /tabs %}\n\n---\n",
     "presets": []
   },
   "hasher": "./src/executors/lint/hasher",

docs/shared/packages/eslint/dependency-checks.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Sometimes we intentionally want to add or remove a dependency from our `package.
       "checkObsoleteDependencies": true, // toggle to disable
       "checkVersionMismatches": true, // toggle to disable
       "ignoredDependencies": ["lodash"], // these libs will be omitted from checks
-      "ignoredFiles": ["webpack.config.js", "eslint.config.js"], // list of files that should be skipped for check
+      "ignoredFiles": ["webpack.config.js", "eslint.config.cjs"], // list of files that should be skipped for check
       "includeTransitiveDependencies": true, // collect dependencies transitively from children
       "useLocalPathsForWorkspaceDependencies": true // toggle to disable
     }

docs/shared/recipes/tips-n-tricks/migrating-to-flat-eslint.md

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ See below a direct comparison between `JSON`, `JS` and `Flat` config:
 {% tabs %}
 {% tab label="Flat" %}
 
-```js {% fileName="eslint.config.js" %}
+```js {% fileName="eslint.config.cjs" %}
 // the older versions were magically interpreting all the imports
 // in flat config we do it explicitly
 const nxPlugin = require('@nx/eslint-plugin');
 const js = require('@eslint/js');
-const baseConfig = require('./eslint.base.config.js');
+const baseConfig = require('./eslint.base.config.cjs');
 const globals = require('globals');
 const jsoncParser = require('jsonc-eslint-parser');
 const tsParser = require('@typescript-eslint/parser');

e2e/angular/src/misc.test.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Move Angular Project', () => {
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/tsconfig.app.json`);
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/tsconfig.json`);
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/tsconfig.spec.json`);
-    expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/eslint.config.js`);
+    expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/eslint.config.cjs`);
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/public/favicon.ico`);
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/src/index.html`);
     expect(moveOutput).toContain(`CREATE ${newPath}/src/main.ts`);

e2e/angular/src/projects.test.ts

@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ describe('Angular Projects', () => {
 
   it('should lint correctly with eslint and handle external HTML files and inline templates', async () => {
     // disable the prefer-standalone rule for app1 which is not standalone
-    let app1EslintConfig = readFile(`${app1}/eslint.config.js`);
+    let app1EslintConfig = readFile(`${app1}/eslint.config.cjs`);
     app1EslintConfig = app1EslintConfig.replace(
       `'@angular-eslint/directive-selector': [`,
       `'@angular-eslint/prefer-standalone': 'off',
       '@angular-eslint/directive-selector': [`
     );
-    updateFile(`${app1}/eslint.config.js`, app1EslintConfig);
+    updateFile(`${app1}/eslint.config.cjs`, app1EslintConfig);
 
     // check apps and lib pass linting for initial generated code
     runCLI(`run-many --target lint --projects=${app1},${lib1} --parallel`);

e2e/eslint/src/linter-legacy.test.ts

@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ describe('Linter (legacy)', () => {
         env: { NX_ADD_PLUGINS: 'false' },
       });
       checkFilesExist(
-        'eslint.config.js',
-        `apps/${myapp}/eslint.config.js`,
-        `libs/${mylib}/eslint.config.js`,
-        `libs/${mylib2}/eslint.config.js`
+        'eslint.config.cjs',
+        `apps/${myapp}/eslint.config.cjs`,
+        `libs/${mylib}/eslint.config.cjs`,
+        `libs/${mylib2}/eslint.config.cjs`
       );
       checkFilesDoNotExist(
         '.eslintrc.json',
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ describe('Linter (legacy)', () => {
 
       // move eslint.config one step up
       // to test the absence of the flat eslint config in the project root folder
-      renameFile(`libs/${mylib2}/eslint.config.js`, `libs/eslint.config.js`);
+      renameFile(`libs/${mylib2}/eslint.config.cjs`, `libs/eslint.config.cjs`);
       updateFile(
-        `libs/eslint.config.js`,
-        readFile(`libs/eslint.config.js`).replace(
-          `../../eslint.config.js`,
-          `../eslint.config.js`
+        `libs/eslint.config.cjs`,
+        readFile(`libs/eslint.config.cjs`).replace(
+          `../../eslint.config.cjs`,
+          `../eslint.config.cjs`
         )
       );
 
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ describe('Linter (legacy)', () => {
         env: { NX_ADD_PLUGINS: 'false' },
       });
       checkFilesExist(
-        'eslint.config.js',
-        `${mylib}/eslint.config.js`,
-        'eslint.base.config.js'
+        'eslint.config.cjs',
+        `${mylib}/eslint.config.cjs`,
+        'eslint.base.config.cjs'
       );
       checkFilesDoNotExist(
         '.eslintrc.json',

e2e/eslint/src/linter.test.ts

@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ describe('Linter', () => {
         runCLI(`generate @nx/js:lib ${jsLib} --linter eslint`);
 
         checkFilesExist(
-          `${reactLib}/eslint.config.js`,
-          `${jsLib}/eslint.config.js`
+          `${reactLib}/eslint.config.cjs`,
+          `${jsLib}/eslint.config.cjs`
         );
         checkFilesDoNotExist(
           `${reactLib}/.eslintrc.json`,

e2e/js/src/js-packaging.test.ts

@@ -178,16 +178,6 @@ describe('packaging libs', () => {
       `libs/${swcEsmLib}/src/index.ts`,
       `export * from './lib/${swcEsmLib}.js';`
     );
-    // We also need to update the eslint config file extensions to be explicitly commonjs
-    // TODO: re-evaluate this once we support ESM eslint configs
-    renameFile(
-      `libs/${tscEsmLib}/eslint.config.js`,
-      `libs/${tscEsmLib}/eslint.config.cjs`
-    );
-    renameFile(
-      `libs/${swcEsmLib}/eslint.config.js`,
-      `libs/${swcEsmLib}/eslint.config.cjs`
-    );
 
     // Add additional entry points for `exports` field
     updateJson(join('libs', tscLib, 'project.json'), (json) => {

e2e/nx/src/__snapshots__/extras.test.ts.snap

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ exports[`Extra Nx Misc Tests task graph inputs should correctly expand dependent
   ],
   "lib-base-123": [
     "libs/lib-base-123/README.md",
-    "libs/lib-base-123/eslint.config.js",
+    "libs/lib-base-123/eslint.config.cjs",
     "libs/lib-base-123/jest.config.ts",
     "libs/lib-base-123/package.json",
     "libs/lib-base-123/project.json",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ exports[`Extra Nx Misc Tests task graph inputs should correctly expand dependent
   ],
   "lib-dependent-123": [
     "libs/lib-dependent-123/README.md",
-    "libs/lib-dependent-123/eslint.config.js",
+    "libs/lib-dependent-123/eslint.config.cjs",
     "libs/lib-dependent-123/jest.config.ts",
     "libs/lib-dependent-123/package.json",
     "libs/lib-dependent-123/project.json",

packages/angular/src/generators/library/library.spec.ts

@@ -1204,14 +1204,14 @@ describe('lib', () => {
   describe('--linter', () => {
     describe('eslint', () => {
       it('should add valid eslint JSON configuration which extends from Nx presets (flat config)', async () => {
-        tree.write('eslint.config.js', '');
+        tree.write('eslint.config.cjs', '');
 
         await runLibraryGeneratorWithOpts({ linter: Linter.EsLint });
 
-        const eslintConfig = tree.read('my-lib/eslint.config.js', 'utf-8');
+        const eslintConfig = tree.read('my-lib/eslint.config.cjs', 'utf-8');
         expect(eslintConfig).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
           "const nx = require("@nx/eslint-plugin");
-          const baseConfig = require("../eslint.config.js");
+          const baseConfig = require("../eslint.config.cjs");
 
           module.exports = [
               ...baseConfig,

packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/__snapshots__/migrate-from-angular-cli.spec.ts.snap

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ exports[`workspace move to nx layout should create nx.json 1`] = `
       "!{projectRoot}/**/*.spec.[jt]s",
       "!{projectRoot}/karma.conf.js",
       "!{projectRoot}/.eslintrc.json",
-      "!{projectRoot}/eslint.config.js",
+      "!{projectRoot}/eslint.config.cjs",
     ],
     "sharedGlobals": [],
   },
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ exports[`workspace move to nx layout should create nx.json 1`] = `
         "default",
         "{workspaceRoot}/.eslintrc.json",
         "{workspaceRoot}/.eslintignore",
-        "{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.js",
+        "{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.cjs",
       ],
     },
     "build": {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ exports[`workspace move to nx layout should create nx.json 1`] = `
       "inputs": [
         "default",
         "{workspaceRoot}/.eslintrc.json",
-        "{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.js",
+        "{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.cjs",
       ],
     },
     "test": {

packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/workspace.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ export function createNxJson(
             ]
           : []),
         ...(targets.lint
-          ? ['!{projectRoot}/.eslintrc.json', '!{projectRoot}/eslint.config.js']
+          ? [
+              '!{projectRoot}/.eslintrc.json',
+              '!{projectRoot}/eslint.config.cjs',
+            ]
           : []),
       ].filter(Boolean),
     },
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ export function createNxJson(
             inputs: [
               'default',
               '{workspaceRoot}/.eslintrc.json',
-              '{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.js',
+              '{workspaceRoot}/eslint.config.cjs',
             ],
             cache: true,
           }

packages/cypress/src/generators/base-setup/files/tsconfig/ts-solution/__directory__/tsconfig.json__ext__

@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
     <%_ if (jsx) { _%>"<%= offsetFromProjectRoot %>**/*.cy.jsx",<%_ } _%>
     "<%= offsetFromProjectRoot %>**/*.d.ts"
   ],
-  "exclude": ["out-tsc", "test-output"<% if (linter === 'eslint') { %>, "eslint.config.js"<% } %>]
+  "exclude": ["out-tsc", "test-output"<% if (linter === 'eslint') { %>, "eslint.config.js", "eslint.config.cjs", "eslint.config.mjs"<% } %>]
 }

packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/javascript.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const isPrettierAvailable =
  */
 export default tseslint.config(
   {
-    files: ['**/*.js', '**/*.jsx'],
+    files: ['**/*.js', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.cjs', '**/*.mjs'],
     extends: [eslint.configs.recommended, ...tseslint.configs.recommended],
   },
   {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
     plugins: { '@typescript-eslint': tseslint.plugin },
   },
   {
-    files: ['**/*.js', '**/*.jsx'],
+    files: ['**/*.js', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.cjs', '**/*.mjs'],
     rules: {
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility': 'off',
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types': 'off',

packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/typescript.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const isPrettierAvailable =
  */
 export default tseslint.config(
   {
-    files: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx'],
+    files: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx', '**/*.cts', '**/*.mts'],
     extends: [eslint.configs.recommended, ...tseslint.configs.recommended],
   },
   {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
     },
   },
   {
-    files: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx'],
+    files: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx', , '**/*.cts', '**/*.mts'],
     rules: {
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility': 'off',
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types': 'off',

packages/eslint/docs/eslint-examples.md

@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ We can also set this via project configuration as a default option.
   "outputs": ["{options.outputFile}"],
   "options": {
     "lintFilePatterns": ["apps/frontend/**/*.ts"],
-    "eslintConfig": "eslint.config.js"
+    "eslintConfig": "eslint.config.cjs"
   }
 }
 ```
 
-**Note:** In contrast to other configuration formats, the `Flat Config` requires that all configuration files are converted to `eslint.config.js`. Built-in migrations and generators support only `.eslintrc.json` at the moment.
+**Note:** In contrast to other configuration formats, the `Flat Config` requires that all configuration files are converted to `eslint.config.cjs`. Built-in migrations and generators support only `.eslintrc.json` at the moment.
 
 {% /tab %}
 {% /tabs %}

packages/eslint/migrations.json

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
       "version": "20.2.0-beta.5",
       "description": "Update TypeScript ESLint packages to v8.13.0 if they are already on v8",
       "implementation": "./src/migrations/update-20-2-0/update-typescript-eslint-v8-13-0"
+    },
+    "add-file-extensions-to-overrides": {
+      "version": "20.3.0-beta.1",
+      "description": "Update ESLint flat config to include .cjs, .mjs, .cts, and .mts files in overrides (if needed)",
+      "implementation": "./src/migrations/update-20-3-0/add-file-extensions-to-overrides"
     }
   },
   "packageJsonUpdates": {