refactor: automation to tag and version the template when releasing

.github/workflows/nightly.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 18
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Update versions to nightly
-        run: node updateTemplateVersion.js nightly
+        run: node ./scripts/updateTemplateVersion.js nightly
+      - name: Update template/package.json to nightly react-native + @react-native
+        run: node ./scripts/updateReactNativeVersion.js nightly
       - name: Publish NPM as Nightly
         run: npm publish --tag nightly
         env:

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 18
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Update versions to input one
-        run: node updateTemplateVersion.js "${{ inputs.version }}"
+        run: node ./scripts/updateTemplateVersion.js "${{ inputs.version }}"
+      - name: Update template/package.json to nightly react-native + @react-native
+        run: node ./scripts/updateReactNativeVersion.js "${{ inputs.version }}"
       - name: Create corresponding commit & git tag
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'React Native Bot'

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1 @@
-scripts/
+

package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
-  "type": "module",
   "files": [
     "template/*",
     "template.config.js"

scripts/lib/lib.js

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+
+const registry = getNpmRegistryUrl();
+
+function getNpmRegistryUrl() {
+  try {
+    return execSync("npm config get registry").toString().trim();
+  } catch {
+    return "https://registry.npmjs.org/";
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert an npm tag to a concrete version, for example:
+ * - next -> 0.75.0-rc.0
+ * - nightly -> 0.75.0-nightly-20240618-5df5ed1a8
+ */
+async function npmMaterializeVersion(packageName, tagOrVersion) {
+  const url = new URL(registry);
+  url.pathname = `${packageName}/${tagOrVersion}`;
+  const json = await fetch(url).then((resp) => resp.json());
+  return json.version;
+}
+
+module.exports.npmMaterializeVersion = npmMaterializeVersion;

scripts/updateReactNativeVersion.js

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const { npmMaterializeVersion } = require("./lib/lib.js");
+
+function updateDependencies(pkgJson, update) {
+  console.log("Changing package.json dependencies:");
+
+  for (const [pkg, value] of Object.entries(update.dependencies ?? {})) {
+    const old = pkgJson.dependencies[pkg];
+    if (old) {
+      console.log(` - ${pkg}: ${old} → ${value}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(` - ${pkg}: ${value}`);
+    }
+    pkgJson.dependencies[pkg] = value;
+  }
+
+  for (const [pkg, value] of Object.entries(update.devDependencies ?? {})) {
+    const old = pkgJson.devDependencies[pkg];
+    if (old) {
+      console.log(` - ${pkg}: ${old} → ${value}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(` - ${pkg}: ${value}`);
+    }
+    pkgJson.devDependencies[pkg] = value;
+  }
+
+  return pkgJson;
+}
+
+const REACT_NATIVE_SCOPE = "@react-native/";
+
+/**
+ * Packages that are scoped under @react-native need a consistent version
+ */
+function normalizeReactNativeDeps(deps, version) {
+  const updated = {};
+  for (const key of Object.keys(deps ?? {}).filter((pkg) =>
+    pkg.startsWith(REACT_NATIVE_SCOPE),
+  )) {
+    updated[key] = version;
+  }
+  return updated;
+}
+
+async function main(version) {
+  const PKG_JSON_PATH = "template/package.json";
+  // Update the react-native dependency if using the new @react-native-community/template.
+  // We can figure this out as it ships with [email protected] set to a dummy version.
+  let pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(PKG_JSON_PATH, "utf8"));
+
+  // Materialize a tag to a version.  E.g. next -> 0.75.0-rc.0
+  const concreteVersion = await npmMaterializeVersion("react-native", version);
+  console.log(
+    `Normalizing: react-native@${version} -> react-native@${concreteVersion}`,
+  );
+
+  pkgJson = updateDependencies(pkgJson, {
+    dependencies: {
+      "react-native": concreteVersion,
+      ...normalizeReactNativeDeps(pkgJson.dependencies, concreteVersion),
+    },
+    devDependencies: {
+      ...normalizeReactNativeDeps(pkgJson.devDependencies, concreteVersion),
+    },
+  });
+
+  const updated = JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2);
+  console.log(`Writing update package.json to ${PKG_JSON_PATH}:\n\n${updated}`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(PKG_JSON_PATH, updated);
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  if (process.argv.length < 3) {
+    console.log(`USAGE: updateReactNativeVersion.js <version>
+
+Updates 'react-native' and '@react-native/' scoped packages to a common version within
+the template.
+`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  main(process.argv.pop()).catch((e) => {
+    throw e;
+  });
+}