Cleanup prealpha logic from the JS Publishing Scripts

Summary:
We don't intent to use the prealpha logic in the near future so it makes sense to remove it for
to simplify our already complicated release process. We can always revive it if we wish.

Changelog:
[Internal] [Changed] -

Differential Revision: D68206014

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         TERM: "dumb"
         GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-        # By default we only build ARM64 to save time/resources. For release/nightlies/prealpha, we override this value to build all archs.
+        # By default we only build ARM64 to save time/resources. For release/nightlies, we override this value to build all archs.
         ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures: "arm64-v8a"
     env:
       HERMES_WS_DIR: /tmp/hermes

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         TERM: "dumb"
         GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-        # By default we only build ARM64 to save time/resources. For release/nightlies/prealpha, we override this value to build all archs.
+        # By default we only build ARM64 to save time/resources. For release/nightlies, we override this value to build all archs.
         ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures: "arm64-v8a"
     env:
       HERMES_WS_DIR: /tmp/hermes

packages/react-native/scripts/hermes/hermes-utils.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 
 /*::
-type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly' | 'prealpha';
+type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly';
 */
 
 const SDKS_DIR = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'sdks'));

scripts/__tests__/npm-utils-test.js

@@ -75,18 +75,6 @@ describe('npm-utils', () => {
       process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME = '';
     });
 
-    it('return the expected format for prealpha', () => {
-      const isoStringSpy = jest.spyOn(Date.prototype, 'toISOString');
-      isoStringSpy.mockReturnValue('2023-10-04T15:43:55.123Z');
-      getCurrentCommitMock.mockImplementation(() => 'abcd1234');
-
-      const returnedValue = getNpmInfo('prealpha');
-      expect(returnedValue).toMatchObject({
-        version: `0.0.0-prealpha-2023100415`,
-        tag: 'prealpha',
-      });
-    });
-
     it('return the expected format for patch-prereleases', () => {
       const isoStringSpy = jest.spyOn(Date.prototype, 'toISOString');
       isoStringSpy.mockReturnValue('2023-10-04T15:43:55.123Z');

scripts/npm-utils.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const {exec} = require('shelljs');
 /*::
 import type { ExecOptsSync, ShellString } from 'shelljs';
 
-type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly' | 'prealpha';
+type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly';
 type NpmInfo = {
   version: string,
   tag: ?string,
@@ -70,24 +70,6 @@ function getNpmInfo(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: NpmInfo */ {
     };
   }
 
-  if (buildType === 'prealpha') {
-    const mainVersion = '0.0.0';
-    // Date in the format of YYYYMMDDHH.
-    // This is a progressive int that can track subsequent
-    // releases and it is smaller of 2^32-1.
-    // It is unlikely that we can trigger two prealpha in less
-    // than an hour given that nightlies take ~ 1 hr to complete.
-    const dateIdentifier = new Date()
-      .toISOString()
-      .slice(0, -10)
-      .replace(/[-T:]/g, '');
-
-    return {
-      version: `${mainVersion}-prealpha-${dateIdentifier}`,
-      tag: 'prealpha',
-    };
-  }
-
   if (buildType === 'release') {
     let versionTag /*: string*/ = '';
     if (process.env.CIRCLE_TAG != null && process.env.CIRCLE_TAG !== '') {

scripts/release-testing/utils/testing-utils.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const {cp, exec} = require('shelljs');
 
 /*::
-type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly' | 'prealpha';
+type BuildType = 'dry-run' | 'release' | 'nightly';
 */
 
 /*

scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import type {BuildType} from '../releases/utils/version-utils';
 
 const {REPO_ROOT} = require('../consts');
 const {getNpmInfo, publishPackage} = require('../npm-utils');
-const {removeNewArchFlags} = require('../releases/remove-new-arch-flags');
 const {
   updateReactNativeArtifacts,
 } = require('../releases/set-rn-artifacts-version');
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ async function main() {
     .option('t', {
       alias: 'builtType',
       describe: 'The type of build you want to perform.',
-      choices: ['dry-run', 'nightly', 'release', 'prealpha'],
+      choices: ['dry-run', 'nightly', 'release'],
       default: 'dry-run',
     })
     .strict().argv;
@@ -96,12 +95,8 @@ async function publishMonorepoPackages(tag /*: ?string */) {
 async function publishNpm(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: Promise<void> */ {
   const {version, tag} = getNpmInfo(buildType);
 
-  if (buildType === 'prealpha') {
-    removeNewArchFlags();
-  }
-
   // For stable releases, CircleCI job `prepare_package_for_release` handles this
-  if (['dry-run', 'nightly', 'prealpha'].includes(buildType)) {
+  if (['dry-run', 'nightly'].includes(buildType)) {
     if (buildType === 'nightly') {
       // Set same version for all monorepo packages
       await setVersion(version);

scripts/releases/set-rn-artifacts-version.js

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async function main() {
   the given release version. This does not update package.json.
 
   Options:
-    --build-type       One of ['dry-run', 'nightly', 'release', 'prealpha'].
+    --build-type       One of ['dry-run', 'nightly', 'release'].
     --to-version       The new version string.
     `);
     return;