Library schematic does not support path property

Start with the minimal reproduction repository linked in the issue and trace the library schematic entry point at @schematics/angular/library/index.js, along with utility/workspace.js from the error stack. Confirm how the path is handled when the application is generated in a subfolder. Done means the library schematic accepts the path and locates the generated application's angular.json without the workspace error.

🐞 Bug report

Command (mark with an x)

- [ ] new
- [ ] build
- [ ] serve
- [ ] test
- [ ] e2e
- [ ] generate
- [ ] add
- [ ] update
- [ ] lint
- [ ] xi18n
- [ ] run
- [ ] config
- [ ] help
- [ ] version
- [ ] doc
- [X] schematics

Is this a regression?

Not as far as I know

Description

I tried to create a schematic that generates an application and adds a library to it. However, the library schematic does not accept a path as parameter and it then attempts to create the library in the folder that contains the application. Specifically, it tries to read the angular.json file from the folder containing the application folder (e.g. the folder where the schematic is run).

Note that I expected the path property to work, as it's included with most of the other Angular schematics, for example component, module and service.

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

A minimal reproduction may be found in this repo.

It also addresses a problem I had when trying to work around this with applyToSubtree.

Here is the simplest description I could come up with.

Given this factory:

export function createProject(_options: any): Rule {
  return (_tree: Tree, _context: SchematicContext) => {
    return chain([
      externalSchematic('@schematics/angular', 'ng-new', optionsNew),
      externalSchematic('@schematics/angular', 'library', optionsLib)
    ]);
  };
}

If you execute the schematic in a folder named /parent/folder and the app generates in a new folder named app (/parent/folder/app), the library schematic searches for the angular.json in /parent/folder instead of /parent/folder/app.

🔥 Exception or Error

An error occured:
Error: Unable to locate a workspace file for workspace path.
    at Object.readWorkspace (C:\dev\scratchpad\scaffolding-tests\node_modules\@angular-devkit\core\src\workspace\core.js:74:19)
    at async Object.getWorkspace (C:\dev\scratchpad\scaffolding-tests\node_modules\@schematics\angular\utility\workspace.js:51:27)
    at async C:\dev\scratchpad\scaffolding-tests\node_modules\@schematics\angular\library\index.js:153:27

🌍 Your Environment

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Angular CLI: 8.3.1
Node: 12.12.0
OS: win32 x64
Angular: undefined
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Package                      Version
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@angular-devkit/architect    0.803.1 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/core         8.3.17
@angular-devkit/schematics   8.3.17
@schematics/angular          8.3.1 (cli-only)
@schematics/update           0.803.1 (cli-only)
rxjs                         6.4.0
typescript                   3.5.3

Similar issues

https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/17598