From 17a0d2c085519892d3ee59e7ef88c49d036a67cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Jean <jasonjean1993@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 15:35:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): do not return a default project when nxJson is
 undefined (#15432)

---
 packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
index c9ab38b4d5075..61a4cb381b026 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class Workspaces {
       });
       if (matchingProject) return matchingProject;
     }
-    return nxJson.defaultProject;
+    return nxJson?.defaultProject;
   }
 
   readProjectsConfigurations(opts?: {