From 489d9f6c624aa0b3e2607cd70e46adbb2ea7162d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommy Nguyen <4123478+tido64@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 12:37:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: version checker not considering nightlies (#43712)

Summary:
Fix version checker not considering nightlies:

```
  WARNING: You should run npx react-native@latest to ensure you're always using the most current version of the CLI. NPX
 has cached version (0.74.0-nightly-20240214-b8ad91732) != current release (0.73.6)
```

## Changelog:

[GENERAL] [FIXED] - Fix version checker not considering nightlies

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/43712

Test Plan: On a recent nightly version, run any cli command.

Reviewed By: rshest

Differential Revision: D55525055

Pulled By: zeyap

fbshipit-source-id: 6dd08e30e542d9ddd191bf95c968a26c0cc14e4e
---
 packages/react-native/cli.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/cli.js b/packages/react-native/cli.js
index 53c7e47df57..459213d4c51 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/cli.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/cli.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ async function getLatestVersion(registryHost = DEFAULT_REGISTRY_HOST) {
   });
 }
 
+function parseVersion(version) {
+  const [major, minor = 0, patch = 0] = version.split('-')[0].split('.');
+  return major * 1000000 + minor * 1000 + patch;
+}
+
 /**
  * Warn when users are using `npx react-native init`, to raise awareness of the changes from RFC 0759.
  *
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ async function main() {
   if (isNpxRuntime && !process.env.SKIP && currentVersion !== HEAD) {
     try {
       const latest = await getLatestVersion();
-      if (latest !== currentVersion) {
+      if (parseVersion(latest) > parseVersion(currentVersion)) {
         const msg = `
   ${chalk.bold.yellow('WARNING:')} You should run ${chalk.white.bold(
     'npx react-native@latest',