fix: remove automatic config file generation

__e2e__/__snapshots__/config.test.ts.snap

@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ exports[`shows up current config without unnecessary output 1`] = `
   },
   "project": {
     "ios": {
-      "sourceDir": "<<REPLACED_ROOT>>/TestProject/ios",
-      "automaticPodsInstallation": true
+      "sourceDir": "<<REPLACED_ROOT>>/TestProject/ios"
     },
     "android": {
       "sourceDir": "<<REPLACED_ROOT>>/TestProject/android",

__e2e__/config.test.ts

@@ -52,17 +52,12 @@ beforeAll(() => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {});
 
   // Initialise React Native project
-  runCLI(DIR, ['init', 'TestProject']);
+  runCLI(DIR, ['init', 'TestProject', '--install-pods']);
 
   // Link CLI to the project
   spawnScript('yarn', ['link', ...addRNCPrefix(packages)], {
     cwd: path.join(DIR, 'TestProject'),
   });
-
-  // Install pods after linking packages because Podfile uses `use_native_modules` function that executes `config` command. In case there was introduce breaking change in `cli-config` package, it will fail since it will be using old version of the package.
-  spawnScript('pod', ['install'], {
-    cwd: path.join(DIR, 'TestProject', 'ios'),
-  });
 });
 
 afterAll(() => {

__e2e__/init.test.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const customTemplateCopiedFiles = [
   'file',
   'node_modules',
   'package.json',
-  'react-native.config.js',
   'yarn.lock',
 ];
 
@@ -194,41 +193,3 @@ test('init --platform-name should work for out of tree platform', () => {
 
   expect(dirFiles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 });
-
-test('should not create custom config file if installed version is below 0.73', () => {
-  createCustomTemplateFiles();
-
-  runCLI(DIR, ['init', PROJECT_NAME, '--skip-install', '--version', '0.72.0']);
-
-  let dirFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(DIR, PROJECT_NAME));
-
-  expect(dirFiles).not.toContain('react-native.config.js');
-});
-
-test('should create custom config file if installed version is latest (starting from 0.73)', () => {
-  createCustomTemplateFiles();
-
-  runCLI(DIR, ['init', PROJECT_NAME, '--skip-install']);
-
-  let dirFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(DIR, PROJECT_NAME));
-
-  expect(dirFiles).toContain('react-native.config.js');
-  const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(
-    path.join(DIR, PROJECT_NAME, 'react-native.config.js'),
-    'utf8',
-  );
-
-  const configFileContent = `
-  module.exports = {
-    project: {
-      ios: {
-        automaticPodsInstallation: true
-      }
-    }
-  }`;
-
-  //normalize all white-spaces for easier comparision
-  expect(fileContent.replace(/\s+/g, '')).toEqual(
-    configFileContent.replace(/\s+/g, ''),
-  );
-});

packages/cli/src/commands/init/init.ts

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import {getNpmVersionIfAvailable} from '../../tools/npm';
 import {getYarnVersionIfAvailable} from '../../tools/yarn';
 import {createHash} from 'crypto';
 import createGitRepository from './createGitRepository';
-import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
-import semver from 'semver';
 
 const DEFAULT_VERSION = 'latest';
 
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ async function createFromTemplate({
   skipInstall,
   packageName,
   installCocoaPods,
-  version,
 }: TemplateOptions) {
   logger.debug('Initializing new project');
   logger.log(banner);
@@ -178,15 +175,6 @@ async function createFromTemplate({
       packageName,
     });
 
-    const coerceRnVersion = semver.valid(semver.coerce(version));
-
-    if (
-      version === 'latest' ||
-      (coerceRnVersion && semver.satisfies(coerceRnVersion, '>=0.73.0'))
-    ) {
-      createDefaultConfigFile(projectDirectory, loader);
-    }
-
     const {postInitScript} = templateConfig;
     if (postInitScript) {
       loader.info('Executing post init script ');
@@ -289,62 +277,6 @@ function createTemplateUri(options: Options, version: string): string {
   return options.template || `${platform}@${version}`;
 }
 
-//remove quotes from object keys to match the linter rules of the template
-function sanitizeConfigFile(fileContent: string) {
-  return fileContent.replace(/"([^"]+)":/g, '$1:');
-}
-
-/*
-Starting from 0.73, react-native.config.js is created by CLI during the init process.
-It contains automaticPodsInstallation flag set to true by default.
-This flag is used by CLI to determine whether to install CocoaPods dependencies when running ios commands or not.
-It's created by CLI rather than being a part of a template to avoid displaying this file in the Upgrade Helper,
-as it might bring confusion for existing projects where this change might not be applicable.
-For more details, see https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/projects.md#projectiosautomaticpodsinstallation
-*/
-function createDefaultConfigFile(directory: string, loader: Loader) {
-  const cliConfigContent = {
-    project: {
-      ios: {
-        automaticPodsInstallation: true,
-      },
-    },
-  };
-  const configFileContent = `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(
-    cliConfigContent,
-    null,
-    2,
-  )}`;
-  const filepath = 'react-native.config.js';
-  try {
-    if (!doesDirectoryExist(path.join(directory, filepath))) {
-      fs.writeFileSync(filepath, sanitizeConfigFile(configFileContent), {
-        encoding: 'utf-8',
-      });
-    } else {
-      const existingConfigFile = require(path.join(directory, filepath));
-
-      const mergedConfig = deepmerge(existingConfigFile, cliConfigContent);
-      const output = `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(
-        mergedConfig,
-        null,
-        2,
-      )};`;
-
-      fs.writeFileSync(filepath, sanitizeConfigFile(output), {
-        encoding: 'utf-8',
-      });
-    }
-    loader.succeed();
-  } catch {
-    loader.warn(
-      `Could not create custom ${chalk.bold(
-        'react-native.config.js',
-      )} file. You can create it manually in your project's root folder with the following content: \n\n${configFileContent}`,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 async function createProject(
   projectName: string,
   directory: string,