Incorrect Handling of Negation in Glob Pattern in Nx Plugin - createNodesV2

[antoinepairet]

Current Behavior

Reproduction repository: https://github.com/antoinepairet/nx-crystal-glob-pattern-issue

When a plugin includes a glob pattern with negation (e.g., !(*-e2e)), projects matching the negated pattern are removed from the project graph entirely. This issue occurs regardless of the actual logic of the plugin. Merely defining such a pattern is enough to trigger the problem.

import { CreateNodesV2 } from '@nx/devkit';

export const createNodesV2: CreateNodesV2 = [
  `apps/**/!(*-e2e)/project.json`,
  async () => {
    return [];
  },
];

npx nx show projects -t e2e will not show any project if the plugin is loaded.

• The issue occurs even if the plugin’s return value is empty (async () => { return []; }).
• Removing the negation from the glob pattern resolves the issue.
• Tested on both Nx 19.8.14 and 20.3.0

Expected Behavior

Projects should appear correctly in the output of npx nx show projects -t e2e when the plugin is loaded.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/antoinepairet/nx-crystal-glob-pattern-issue

Steps to Reproduce

1. create a new workspace, npx create-nx-workspace@latest react-monorepo-crystal-plugin-bug --preset=react-monorepo
2. create a simple plugin with a glob pattern with a negation
3. load the plugin in nx.json
4. npx nx show projects -t e2e returns an empty list

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 20.18.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 8.19.2

nx                     : 20.3.0
@nx/js                 : 20.3.0
@nx/jest               : 20.3.0
@nx/eslint             : 20.3.0
@nx/workspace          : 20.3.0
@nx/devkit             : 20.3.0
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.3.0
@nx/module-federation  : 20.3.0
@nx/playwright         : 20.3.0
@nx/react              : 20.3.0
@nx/rspack             : 20.3.0
@nx/vite               : 20.3.0
@nx/web                : 20.3.0
@nx/webpack            : 20.3.0
typescript             : 5.6.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/playwright/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
./plugin-with-bad-glob-pattern.ts

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