Run clean-project-auto without React Native CLI

[sonicdoe]

If clean-project-auto were available through the react-native-clean-project executable (or a separate react-native-clean-project-auto executable), npx could be used without having to install the React Native CLI.

In short, it would be useful to have npx react-native-clean-project --auto.

[pmadruga]

What happens when you run npx react-native-clean-project?

[sonicdoe]

It runs the main executable. Therefore, it asks “Wipe iOS build folder? (Y/n)”.

[plaa]

I was trying to find a command line argument for this as well. Also npx react-native-clean-project --help just starts the interactive wiping.

Command line help should be provided with -h/--help and unknown command line parameters should cause an error (like every other command line tool).

[gwendall]

+1

[pmadruga]

To be sure, what you're requesting is the ability to do the same as clean-project-auto (meaning, that there's no brew update/upgrade, no yarn install and no pod update ).

Shouldn't be a problem, going to aim to work on it this week or the next.

[sonicdoe]

Exactly. In other words, provide react-native clean-project-auto through direct execution.

[pmadruga]

What this would create is some opinionated cleanup. Meaning that it would run all the commands. Is this OK for everyone?

[sonicdoe]

Do you mean all commands that react-native clean-project-auto would run (for example, not pod update)?

[pmadruga]

Yes, if that's what the community wants. What do you suggest?

[sonicdoe]

I think that’s good 👍 After all, that’s exactly how the existing react-native clean-project-auto command already works.