fix cleaning metro cache

packages/cli-clean/package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@react-native-community/cli-tools": "13.4.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
-    "execa": "^5.0.0"
+    "execa": "^5.0.0",
+    "glob": "^7.1.3"
   },
   "files": [
     "build",
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@react-native-community/cli-types": "13.4.0",
-    "@types/prompts": "^2.4.4"
+    "@types/prompts": "^2.4.4",
+    "@types/glob": "^7.1.1"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/packages/cli-clean",
   "repository": {

packages/cli-clean/src/__tests__/clean.test.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import execa from 'execa';
 import os from 'os';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
-import {clean} from '../clean';
+import {clean, cleanDir} from '../clean';
+import {cleanup, getTempDirectory, writeFiles} from '../../../../jest/helpers';
+import fs from 'fs';
+
+const DIR = getTempDirectory('temp-cache');
 
 jest.mock('execa', () => jest.fn());
 jest.mock('prompts', () => jest.fn());
 
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup(DIR);
+});
+
 describe('clean', () => {
   const mockConfig: any = {};
 
@@ -48,4 +56,25 @@ describe('clean', () => {
       expect.anything(),
     );
   });
+
+  it('should remove paths defined with patterns', async () => {
+    writeFiles(DIR, {
+      'metro-cache/cache.txt': 'cache file',
+      'metro-zxcvbnm/cache.txt': 'cache file',
+    });
+
+    await cleanDir(`${DIR}/metro-*`);
+
+    expect(fs.readdirSync(DIR)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove paths defined without patterns', async () => {
+    writeFiles(DIR, {
+      'metro-cache/cache.txt': 'cache file',
+    });
+
+    await cleanDir(`${DIR}/metro-cache`);
+
+    expect(fs.readdirSync(DIR)).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });

packages/cli-clean/src/clean.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import {getLoader, prompt} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
+import {getLoader, logger, prompt} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import type {Config as CLIConfig} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import {existsSync as fileExists, rm} from 'fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import {promisify} from 'util';
+import glob from 'glob';
 
 type Args = {
   include?: string;
@@ -28,13 +29,37 @@ type CleanGroups = {
 const DEFAULT_GROUPS = ['metro', 'watchman'];
 
 const rmAsync = promisify(rm);
+const rmAsyncOptions = {maxRetries: 3, recursive: true, force: true};
 
-function cleanDir(directory: string): Promise<void> {
-  if (!fileExists(directory)) {
-    return Promise.resolve();
-  }
+function isDirectoryPattern(directory: string): boolean {
+  return directory.endsWith('*') || directory.endsWith('?');
+}
+
+export async function cleanDir(directory: string): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    if (isDirectoryPattern(directory)) {
+      const directories = await new Promise<string[]>((resolve, reject) => {
+        glob(directory, {}, (err, foundDirectories) => {
+          if (err) {
+            reject(err);
+          } else {
+            resolve(foundDirectories);
+          }
+        });
+      });
 
-  return rmAsync(directory, {maxRetries: 3, recursive: true, force: true});
+      for (const dir of directories) {
+        await rmAsync(dir, rmAsyncOptions);
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (!fileExists(directory)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await rmAsync(directory, rmAsyncOptions);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error(`An error occurred while cleaning the directory: ${error}`);
+  }
 }
 
 async function promptForCaches(