npx create-single-spa fails when creating a angular application/parcel

[manrot]

to reproduce:

npx create-single-spa
? Directory for new project .
? Select type to generate single-spa application / parcel
? Which framework do you want to use? angular
? Project name (can use letters, numbers, dash or underscore) test

After this it does nothing

Angular CLI: 17.3.5
Node: 20.12.2
Package Manager: npm 10.5.2
OS: win32 x64

Angular:
...

Package Version

@angular-devkit/architect 0.1703.5 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/core 17.3.5 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/schematics 17.3.5 (cli-only)
@schematics/angular 17.3.5 (cli-only)

[valterneveshds]

I have the same problem here and I can only create React projects. Vue and Angular I can't.
Not sure why but using older NodeJS versions I was able to create a Vue project. When trying to create a React one I got a warning to make some updates. Once I installed the latest NodeJS version I wasn't able to create either Vue or Angular projects. Even downgrading NodeJS I wans't able to create parcels for those two frameworks again.
@manrot, were you able to get any workaround on this?
Thanks

[nickdeakin]

Getting this issue with Node 22.5.0 and Angular 19.

I've noticed Angular and Vue generators extend yeoman-generator directly, whereas Svelte and React extend PnpmGenerator which then extends yeoman. Perhaps it's not the issue, but it is a notable difference.

I will try with old node versions and see if there is some pattern

[Elonsolmostafa1]

same issue. can't create angular app

[nickdeakin]

Ok, I've figured it out.
To get the answer, please send me..... just kidding

So an update to spawnSync has blocked xxx.cmd commands, where create single spa angular user ng.cmd to launch the process to execute ng/ngx.
To get it working, it requires { shell: true }
See here: nodejs/node#52554 (comment)

The fix to this line:

create-single-spa/packages/generator-single-spa/src/angular/generator-single-spa-angular.js

Line 60 in 93b531d

{ stdio: "inherit", cwd }

would be: { stdio: "inherit", cwd, shell: true }
Same for the other spawnSync at line 68

Whilst you all await a permenant fix, you can patch it locally:
Ensure you have run
npm i -g create-single-spa

Open up C:\Users[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\nvm[YOUR NODE VERSION]\node_modules\create-single-spa\node_modules\generator-single-spa\src\angular\generator-single-spa-angular.js

and change line 60 from
{ stdio: "inherit", cwd }
to
{ stdio: "inherit", cwd, shell: true }
Same for the other spawnSync at line 68, add shell: true

Save and rerun npx create-single-spa