angular / angular/angular-cli

Failed update prevents further updates

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area: @angular/cli freq2: medium severity3: broken type: bug/fix
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Description

This issue impacts 9.0.0-rc.0 and happened while updating https://github.com/vmware/clarity.

After a failed update such as described in https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/16019, the project will have already been updated to the latest versions.

Attempting to update again will inform the user that everything is up to date.
```
kamik@RED-X1C6 MINGW64 /d/sandbox/clarity (update-9)
$ ng update @angular/cli @angular/core --next --force
Using package manager: 'npm'
Collecting installed dependencies...
Found 109 dependencies.
Fetching dependency metadata from registry...
Package '@angular/cli' is already up to date.
Package '@angular/core' is already up to date.
```

This is inaccurate as the update did not actually complete successfully. To redo the update, a user will have to manually undo commits and reinstall packages, and only then will they be able to attempt to update again.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the `ng update @angular/cli @angular/core --next --force` command and reproduce the failed-update sequence described in issue #16019. Trace the update entry point to determine why a failed run is reported as already up to date; done means a user can retry the update without manually undoing commits or reinstalling packages.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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