--base-url has no effect

[Michel73]

🐞 Bug report

The option --base-url has no effect.

Command (mark with an x)

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

Is this a regression?

Yes, the previous version in which this bug was not present was: 6.x.x

Description

The option --base-url has no effect on the e2e-command. Also the baseUrl-entry in the protractor.conf.js has no effect.

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

Create new project via ng new demo and there modify the e2e-script or the protractor.conf.js as described. It has no affect. The app is always started at http://localhost:4200 and the browser also opens this url.
I have to run the tests in a no-serve scenario on a different url.

🔥 Exception or Error

🌍 Your Environment

macos
@angular/cli@7.3.0 

Anything else relevant?

[alan-agius4]

@Michel73, most likely the root cause of this is that you have a devServerTarget specified. Hence it will always use the this.

Can you try

ng e2e --dev-server-target="" --base-url <url here>

I think we should emit an error when both base-url and dev-server-target are specified.