Use semver to compare version in cli instead of custom function (#43744)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/43744

## Changelog:
[General] [Changed] - Use semver to do version comparison in cli instead of custom fn `parseVersion`

~~adding test for PR change in https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/43712~~

Reviewed By: NickGerleman

Differential Revision: D55600458

fbshipit-source-id: eaffa3e89696b90fd354aefaba79e035d180a0b5

packages/react-native/cli.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 const {name, version: currentVersion} = require('./package.json');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const {get} = require('https');
+const semver = require('semver');
 const {URL} = require('url');
 
 const deprecated = () => {
@@ -56,11 +57,6 @@ 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.
  *
@@ -134,7 +130,8 @@ async function main() {
   if (isNpxRuntime && !process.env.SKIP && currentVersion !== HEAD) {
     try {
       const latest = await getLatestVersion();
-      if (parseVersion(latest) > parseVersion(currentVersion)) {
+      // TODO: T184416093 When cli is deprecated, remove semver from package.json
+      if (semver.lt(currentVersion, latest)) {
         const msg = `
   ${chalk.bold.yellow('WARNING:')} You should run ${chalk.white.bold(
     'npx react-native@latest',

packages/react-native/package.json

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
     "react-shallow-renderer": "^16.15.0",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.2",
     "scheduler": "0.24.0-canary-efb381bbf-20230505",
+    "semver": "^7.1.3",
     "stacktrace-parser": "^0.1.10",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^3.0.0",
     "ws": "^6.2.2",

yarn.lock

@@ -8511,6 +8511,13 @@ semver@^6.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-6.3.1.tgz#556d2ef8689146e46dcea4bfdd095f3434dffcb4"
   integrity sha512-BR7VvDCVHO+q2xBEWskxS6DJE1qRnb7DxzUrogb71CWoSficBxYsiAGd+Kl0mmq/MprG9yArRkyrQxTO6XjMzA==
 
+semver@^7.1.3:
+  version "7.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.6.0.tgz#1a46a4db4bffcccd97b743b5005c8325f23d4e2d"
+  integrity sha512-EnwXhrlwXMk9gKu5/flx5sv/an57AkRplG3hTK68W7FRDN+k+OWBj65M7719OkA82XLBxrcX0KSHj+X5COhOVg==
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
+
 semver@^7.5.2, semver@^7.5.3, semver@^7.5.4:
   version "7.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.5.4.tgz#483986ec4ed38e1c6c48c34894a9182dbff68a6e"