fix(nuxi): forward `nuxi generate` to `nuxt` on nuxt 2 (#1571)

packages/nuxi/package.json

@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@
   "bin": {
     "nuxi": "./bin/nuxi.mjs"
   },
-  "scripts": {
-    "prepack": "unbuild"
-  },
   "files": [
     "bin",
     "dist"
   ],
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "fsevents": "~2.3.2"
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepack": "unbuild"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nuxt/design": "0.1.4",
@@ -35,6 +32,7 @@
     "consola": "^2.15.3",
     "deep-object-diff": "^1.1.0",
     "destr": "^1.1.0",
+    "execa": "^5.1.1",
     "flat": "^5.0.2",
     "jiti": "^1.12.9",
     "listhen": "^0.2.5",
@@ -45,14 +43,15 @@
     "pkg-types": "^0.3.1",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "scule": "^0.2.1",
+    "semver": "^7.3.5",
     "superb": "^4.0.0",
     "tiged": "^2.12.0",
     "unbuild": "latest"
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "fsevents": "~2.3.2"
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.16.0 || ^16.11.0 || ^17.0.0"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "semver": "^7.3.5"
   }
 }

packages/nuxi/src/commands/generate.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import execa from 'execa'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { isNuxt3 } from '@nuxt/kit'
 
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ export default defineNuxtCommand({
     if (isNuxt3(nuxt)) {
       throw new Error('`nuxt generate` is not supported in Nuxt 3. Please follow this RFC: https://git.io/JKfvx')
     } else {
-      throw new Error('Please use `nuxt generate` for Nuxt 2 instead of `nuxi generate`')
+      // Forwards argv to `nuxt generate`
+      await execa('npx nuxt', process.argv.slice(2), { stdio: 'inherit' })
     }
   }
 })

yarn.lock

@@ -14343,6 +14343,7 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
     consola: ^2.15.3
     deep-object-diff: ^1.1.0
     destr: ^1.1.0
+    execa: ^5.1.1
     flat: ^5.0.2
     fsevents: ~2.3.2
     jiti: ^1.12.9