Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'paths') when the base config doesn't include that option

[hrajchert]

Current Behavior

I've refactored my typescript configuration from using a base file called tsconfig.json to tsconfig-base.json and suddenly running the build fails with the error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'paths')

I've tracked the error down to this code where there are two main issues:

1. if the file is found (it is, I do have a new main tsconfig.json) but it doesn't have compilerOptions it fails with a null exception
2. The file that is looking is hardcoded to be tsconfig.json or tsconfig.base.json

Expected Behavior

• If the config file exits and it doesn't have a compilerOption it should default the paths to an empty array.
• That base config file should not be hardcoded and it should be passed as a configuration parameter, as I was planning to have different bases for different purposes.

GitHub Repo

private repo

Steps to Reproduce

1. reproduce not available as it is a private repo

Nx Report

Node   : 18.16.0
   OS     : darwin-arm64
   yarn   : 3.5.0
   
   nx             : 17.2.8
   @nx/js         : 17.2.8
   @nx/jest       : 17.2.8
   @nx/linter     : 17.2.8
   @nx/eslint     : 17.2.8
   @nx/workspace  : 17.2.8
   @nx/devkit     : 17.2.8
   @nx/node       : 17.2.8
   @nx/plugin     : 17.2.8
   @nrwl/tao      : 17.2.8
   typescript     : 5.2.2
   ---------------------------------------
   Local workspace plugins:
         @***/mobile-plugin
         @***/docker

Failure Logs

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Package Manager Version

npm 9.5.1

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