Script to generate a build ID and write to "src/buildMetadata.json"

generateBuildId.js

/**
 * Execute script: node scripts/generateBuildId.js
 */

// Ref: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/1917

// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-ignore
// @ts-ignore: ts(1208)
const fs = require('fs');

console.log("Incrementing build number...");

fs.readFile('src/buildMetadata.json',function(err,content){
    if(err) throw err;

    const buildMetadata = JSON.parse(content);

    buildMetadata.build += 1;
    
    fs.writeFile('src/buildMetadata.json',JSON.stringify(buildMetadata),function(err){
        if(err) throw err;
        console.log("Next build number: " + buildMetadata.build);
    })
});