Confused on how to setup Nx in a multi-repo structure (with Gradle and NodeJS projects), could use some guidance.

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Hello community,

I am trying to set up Nx in my work project but I'm struggling Nx getting to recognise the projects. The folder structure is as follows. I am willing to drop the already existing nx.json files listed here if required (though ideally not).

workspace/
├─ nodejs-playwright-e2e/
│  ├─ package.json
│  ├─ yarn.lock
├─ nodejs-testcafe-e2e/
│  ├─ package.json
│  ├─ yarn.lock
├─ frontend-monorepo/
│  ├─ nx.json
│  ├─ package.json
│  ├─ yarn.lock
│  ├─ apps/
│  │  ├─ main/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ subpackage-1/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ subpackage-2/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ subpackage-3/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  ├─ packages/
│  │  ├─ common-utils/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ eslint-rules/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
├─ gradle-app-1/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-app-2/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-app-3/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-app-4/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-app-5/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-app-6/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ gradle-library-1/
│  ├─ build.gradle.kts
│  ├─ settings.gradle.kts
├─ nodejs-monorepo-library/
│  ├─ packages/
│  │  ├─ frontend-components-library/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ stylelint-config/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  │  ├─ frontend-utils-library/
│  │  │  ├─ package.json
│  ├─ nx.json
│  ├─ yarn.lock
│  ├─ package.json
├─ cicd-pipeline-repo/
│  ├─ scripts/
│  │  ├─ build-all.sh

The main problem I am facing is making sure that Gradle is properly detected. I tried adding an additional folder called root-project where I tried setting up Nx using a settings.gradle.kts with content of:

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}
rootProject.name = "root-project"

include("gradle-library-1")
project(":gradle-library-1").projectDir = File("../gradle-library-1")

include("gradle-app-1")
project(":gradle-app-1").projectDir = File("../gradle-app-1")

include("gradle-app-2")
project(":gradle-app-2").projectDir = File("../gradle-app-2")
// etc

However, with this Nx did not detect anything but the root project itself.

I understand that this problem would probably be resolved by making 1 massive mono repo instead of many git repos, but that is something that is not really landing well within the team