'nx watch --all --initialRun' does not work

[omasakun]

Current Behavior

If you specify both the all and initialRun options when running nx watch, initialRun will have no effect.

Expected Behavior

The command should be called once at the beginning even if there are no file changes.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Run nx watch --initialRun --all --verbose -- echo executed

Nx Report

Node           : 22.15.0
OS             : linux-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-linux
pnpm           : 10.10.0

nx          : 21.3.11
typescript  : 5.9.2

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