How to generate .angular-cli.json file in Angular Cli?

Question

I have installed Angular CLI package separately using npm:

npm install --save-dev @angular/cli@latest 

When I try to use commands cli I get an error:

Unable to find any apps in `.angular-cli.json`. 

How to generate .angular-cli.json for current project?

Answer 1

In Angular 6, .angular-cli.json has been replaced with angular.json

For Angular < 6:

Create a new file with name '.angular-cli.json' and add this file in your main directory.

{   "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",   "project": {     "name": "my-app"   },   "apps": [     {       "root": "src",       "outDir": "dist",       "assets": [         "assets",         "favicon.ico"       ],       "index": "index.html",       "main": "main.ts",       "polyfills": "polyfills.ts",       "test": "test.ts",       "tsconfig": "tsconfig.app.json",       "testTsconfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",       "prefix": "app",       "styles": [         "styles.css"       ],       "scripts": [],       "environmentSource": "environments/environment.ts",       "environments": {         "dev": "environments/environment.ts",         "prod": "environments/environment.prod.ts"       }     }   ],   "e2e": {     "protractor": {       "config": "./protractor.conf.js"     }   },   "lint": [     {       "project": "src/tsconfig.app.json",       "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"     },     {       "project": "src/tsconfig.spec.json",       "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"     },     {       "project": "e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json",       "exclude": "**/node_modules/**"     }   ],   "test": {     "karma": {       "config": "./karma.conf.js"     }   },   "defaults": {     "styleExt": "css",     "component": {}   } }