`npx create-nx-workspace` produces `error.log` file

[Den-dp]

Current Behavior

npx create-nx-workspace produces error.log file with 'gh' is not recognized error

Expected Behavior

No error.log files must be present in generated project

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. npx create-nx-workspace@22.5.1 nx2251emptytemplate --template nrwl/empty-template
2. cat nx2251emptytemplate/error.log

Nx Report

Node           : 22.21.1
OS             : win32-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-windows
npm            : 10.9.4
daemon         : Available

nx (global)    : 22.5.1
nx             : 22.5.0
@nx/js         : 22.5.0
@nx/workspace  : 22.5.0
@nx/devkit     : 22.5.0
typescript     : 5.9.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/js/typescript
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 47.41 GB

Failure Logs

> npx create-nx-workspace@22.5.1 nx2251emptytemplate --template nrwl/empty-template

 NX   Let's create a new workspace [https://nx.dev/getting-started/intro]


 NX   Creating your v22.5.1 workspace.

✔ Successfully created the workspace: C:\temp\nx2251emptytemplate

 NX   Could not push.


+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                                                                                    |
|   Finish your set up here: https://cloud.nx.app/setup/connect-workspace/manual?accessToken=undefined&source=create-nx-workspace-success-ci-setup   |
|                                                                                                                                                    |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



> cat nx2251emptytemplate/error.log

'gh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
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Additional Information

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[FrozenPandaz]

The error.log file is created by execAndWait() in packages/create-nx-workspace/src/utils/child-process-utils.ts (lines 61-62). Every time any command fails, it writes stdout+stderr to error.log in the CWD. When gh isn't installed, the GitHub push flow calls execAndWait('gh api user...') which fails and creates this file.

The cleanest fix would be to add an option to execAndWait (e.g., skipErrorLog: boolean) and pass it when running gh commands that can fail gracefully. Alternatively, the error.log file could be cleaned up after workspace creation.