refactor(@angular/cli): centralize Node.js version checks into a new utility

Makes it effort less to update a supported Node.js version

Author: alan-agius4

index.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+console.log(
+  '^22.22.0 || >=24.13.1'
+    .replace(/[\^~<>=]/g, '')
+    .split('||')
+    .map((v) => v.trim()),
+);

packages/angular/cli/BUILD.bazel

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ npm_package(
     ],
     stamp_files = [
         "src/utilities/version.js",
+        "src/utilities/node-version.js",
     ],
     tags = ["release-package"],
     deps = RUNTIME_ASSETS + [

packages/angular/cli/bin/ng.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
+const nodeUtils = require('../src/utilities/node-version');
 
 // Error if the external CLI appears to be used inside a google3 context.
 if (process.cwd().split(path.sep).includes('google3')) {
@@ -42,10 +43,10 @@ if (rawCommandName === '--get-yargs-completions' || rawCommandName === 'completi
 // This node version check ensures that extremely old versions of node are not used.
 // These may not support ES2015 features such as const/let/async/await/etc.
 // These would then crash with a hard to diagnose error message.
-const [major, minor, patch] = process.versions.node.split('.', 3).map((part) => Number(part));
+const [major] = process.versions.node.split('.', 1).map((part) => Number(part));
 
 if (major % 2 === 1) {
-  // Allow new odd numbered releases with a warning (currently v17+)
+  // Allow new odd numbered releases with a warning.
   console.warn(
     'Node.js version ' +
       process.version +
@@ -55,17 +56,15 @@ if (major % 2 === 1) {
   );
 
   require('./bootstrap');
-} else if (
-  major < 22 ||
-  (major === 22 && minor < 22) ||
-  (major === 24 && minor < 13 && patch < 1)
-) {
+} else if (!nodeUtils.isNodeVersionSupported()) {
   // Error and exit if less than 22.22 or 24.13.1
   console.error(
     'Node.js version ' +
       process.version +
       ' detected.\n' +
-      'The Angular CLI requires a minimum Node.js version of v22.22 or v24.13.1.\n\n' +
+      'The Angular CLI requires a minimum Node.js version of ' +
+      nodeUtils.supportedNodeVersions.map((v) => 'v' + v).join(' or ') +
+      '.\n\n' +
       'Please update your Node.js version or visit https://nodejs.org/ for additional instructions.\n',
   );
 

packages/angular/cli/lib/cli/index.ts

@@ -13,22 +13,18 @@ import { runCommand } from '../../src/command-builder/command-runner';
 import { colors, supportColor } from '../../src/utilities/color';
 import { ngDebug } from '../../src/utilities/environment-options';
 import { writeErrorToLogFile } from '../../src/utilities/log-file';
+import { isNodeVersionMinSupported, supportedNodeVersions } from '../../src/utilities/node-version';
 
 export { VERSION } from '../../src/utilities/version';
 
-const MIN_NODEJS_VERSION = [22, 22] as const;
-
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 export default async function (options: { cliArgs: string[] }) {
   // This node version check ensures that the requirements of the project instance of the CLI are met
-  const [major, minor] = process.versions.node.split('.').map((part) => Number(part));
-  if (
-    major < MIN_NODEJS_VERSION[0] ||
-    (major === MIN_NODEJS_VERSION[0] && minor < MIN_NODEJS_VERSION[1])
-  ) {
+
+  if (!isNodeVersionMinSupported()) {
     process.stderr.write(
       `Node.js version ${process.version} detected.\n` +
-        `The Angular CLI requires a minimum of v${MIN_NODEJS_VERSION[0]}.${MIN_NODEJS_VERSION[1]}.\n\n` +
+        `The Angular CLI requires a minimum of v${supportedNodeVersions[0]}.\n\n` +
         'Please update your Node.js version or visit https://nodejs.org/ for additional instructions.\n',
     );
 

packages/angular/cli/src/commands/version/version-info.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { CommandContext } from '../../command-builder/definitions';
-import { PackageManager } from '../../package-managers';
+import { isNodeVersionSupported } from '../../utilities/node-version';
 import { VERSION } from '../../utilities/version';
 
 /**
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ export interface VersionInfo {
   packages: Record<string, PackageVersionInfo>;
 }
 
-/**
- * Major versions of Node.js that are officially supported by Angular.
- * @see https://angular.dev/reference/versions#supported-node-js-versions
- */
-const SUPPORTED_NODE_MAJORS = [22, 24];
-
 /**
  * A list of regular expression patterns that match package names that should be included in the
  * version output.
@@ -92,9 +86,6 @@ export async function gatherVersionInfo(context: CommandContext): Promise<Versio
     workspacePackage = workspaceRequire('./package.json');
   } catch {}
 
-  const [nodeMajor] = process.versions.node.split('.').map((part) => Number(part));
-  const unsupportedNodeVersion = !SUPPORTED_NODE_MAJORS.includes(nodeMajor);
-
   const allDependencies = {
     ...workspacePackage?.dependencies,
     ...workspacePackage?.devDependencies,
@@ -123,7 +114,7 @@ export async function gatherVersionInfo(context: CommandContext): Promise<Versio
     system: {
       node: {
         version: process.versions.node,
-        unsupported: unsupportedNodeVersion,
+        unsupported: !isNodeVersionSupported(),
       },
       os: {
         platform: process.platform,

packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/node-version.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview This file contains the supported Node.js version for the Angular CLI.
+ * @important This file must not import any other modules.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The supported Node.js version for the Angular CLI.
+ * @type {[string, number]} The supported Node.js version.
+ */
+
+const SUPPORTED_NODE_VERSIONS = '0.0.0-ENGINES-NODE';
+
+/**
+ * The supported Node.js versions.
+ */
+export const supportedNodeVersions = SUPPORTED_NODE_VERSIONS.replace(/[\^~<>=]/g, '')
+  .split('||')
+  .map((v) => v.trim());
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the current Node.js version is supported.
+ * @returns `true` if the current Node.js version is supported, `false` otherwise.
+ */
+export function isNodeVersionSupported(): boolean {
+  if (SUPPORTED_NODE_VERSIONS.charAt(0) === '0') {
+    // Unlike `pkg_npm`, `ts_library` which is used to run unit tests does not support substitutions.
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [processMajor, processMinor, processPatch] = process.versions.node
+    .split('.', 3)
+    .map((part) => Number(part));
+
+  for (const version of supportedNodeVersions) {
+    const [major, minor, patch] = version.split('.', 3).map((part) => Number(part));
+    if (major === processMajor && processMinor >= minor && processPatch >= patch) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the current Node.js version is the minimum supported version.
+ * @returns `true` if the current Node.js version is the minimum supported version, `false` otherwise.
+ */
+export function isNodeVersionMinSupported(): boolean {
+  if (SUPPORTED_NODE_VERSIONS.charAt(0) === '0') {
+    // Unlike `pkg_npm`, `ts_library` which is used to run unit tests does not support substitutions.
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [processMajor, processMinor, processPatch] = process.versions.node
+    .split('.', 3)
+    .map((part) => Number(part));
+  const [major, minor, patch] = supportedNodeVersions[0].split('.', 3).map((part) => Number(part));
+
+  return !(
+    processMajor < major ||
+    (processMajor === major && processMinor < minor) ||
+    (processMajor === major && processMinor === minor && processPatch < patch)
+  );
+}