From 2d6b19cde86798e53e6d2f272bccd578025ce69a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Dalgleish <mark.john.dalgleish@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:51:58 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(create): default Remix version to CLI version

---
 .../create-remix-default-remix-version.md     |  5 ++++
 packages/create-remix/index.ts                |  6 ++---
 packages/create-remix/remix-version.ts        | 27 -------------------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/create-remix-default-remix-version.md
 delete mode 100644 packages/create-remix/remix-version.ts

diff --git a/.changeset/create-remix-default-remix-version.md b/.changeset/create-remix-default-remix-version.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23b45291327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/create-remix-default-remix-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-remix": patch
+---
+
+Set default Remix version to match the version of `create-remix` being used. This most notably enables easier usage of tags, e.g. `npm create remix@nightly`.
diff --git a/packages/create-remix/index.ts b/packages/create-remix/index.ts
index a46f6ca737c..3bb96ae6c70 100644
--- a/packages/create-remix/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-remix/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import {
 } from "./utils";
 import { renderLoadingIndicator } from "./loading-indicator";
 import { copyTemplate, CopyTemplateError } from "./copy-template";
-import { getLatestRemixVersion } from "./remix-version";
 
 async function createRemix(argv: string[]) {
   let ctx = await getContext(argv);
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ async function getContext(argv: string[]): Promise<Context> {
   } = flags;
 
   let cwd = flags["_"][0] as string;
-  let latestRemixVersion = await getLatestRemixVersion();
   let interactive = isInteractive();
   let projectName = cwd;
 
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ async function getContext(argv: string[]): Promise<Context> {
     } else {
       log(
         `\n${color.warning(
-          `${selectedRemixVersion} is an invalid version specifier. Using Remix v${latestRemixVersion}.`
+          `${selectedRemixVersion} is an invalid version specifier. Using Remix v${thisRemixVersion}.`
         )}`
       );
       selectedRemixVersion = undefined;
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ async function getContext(argv: string[]): Promise<Context> {
     ),
     projectName,
     prompt,
-    remixVersion: selectedRemixVersion || latestRemixVersion,
+    remixVersion: selectedRemixVersion || thisRemixVersion,
     template,
     token,
     versionRequested,
diff --git a/packages/create-remix/remix-version.ts b/packages/create-remix/remix-version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ab47da4a8ec..00000000000
--- a/packages/create-remix/remix-version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import https from "node:https";
-
-let _versionCache: string | null = null;
-export async function getLatestRemixVersion() {
-  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (_versionCache) {
-      return resolve(_versionCache);
-    }
-    let request = https.get(
-      "https://registry.npmjs.org/remix/latest",
-      (res) => {
-        let body = "";
-        res.on("data", (chunk) => (body += chunk));
-        res.on("end", () => {
-          let { version } = JSON.parse(body);
-          _versionCache = version;
-          resolve(version);
-        });
-      }
-    );
-
-    // set a short timeout to avoid super slow initiation
-    request.setTimeout(5000);
-
-    request.on("error", (err) => reject(err));
-  });
-}