From 293c767b42a820d2bae396f69b20ac795142d610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Lyding <19598772+clydin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:25:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(@angular/cli): use command default for unspecified
 target builders

If a target definition from a project's configuration does not contain a
`builder` field and the CLI command provides a default, the default will
now be used for the command execution. This is in addition to the existing
case where the command will use a synthetic target definition for commands
that provide default builders.
---
 .../src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts   | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
index 4218c6274521..98e270cf1dad 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ export abstract class ArchitectCommandModule
     // Add default builder if target is not in project and a command default is provided
     if (this.findDefaultBuilderName && this.context.workspace) {
       for (const [project, projectDefinition] of this.context.workspace.projects) {
-        if (projectDefinition.targets.has(target)) {
+        const targetDefinition = projectDefinition.targets.get(target);
+        if (targetDefinition?.builder) {
           continue;
         }
 
@@ -49,7 +50,13 @@ export abstract class ArchitectCommandModule
           project,
           target,
         });
-        if (defaultBuilder) {
+        if (!defaultBuilder) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        if (targetDefinition) {
+          targetDefinition.builder = defaultBuilder;
+        } else {
           projectDefinition.targets.set(target, {
             builder: defaultBuilder,
           });