Use a different lerna command to accurately find changed packages (#1509)

* remove skipped packages

* [AUTOMATED]: Prettier Code Styling

* manually point to the latest release tag

* use a different lerna command to accurately find changed packages

* [AUTOMATED]: Prettier Code Styling

* remove skip logic

Author: Feiyang1

scripts/release/cli.js

@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@ const { argv } = require('yargs');
       );
       versions = await prompt(versionUpdates);
 
-      /**
-       * Remove the skipped packages
-       */
-      Object.keys(versions).forEach(name => {
-        if (versions[name] === 'skip') {
-          delete versions[name];
-        }
-      });
-
       /**
        * Verify that the versions selected are correct
        */

scripts/release/utils/inquirer.js

@@ -105,30 +105,6 @@ exports.packageVersionUpdate = async (package, releaseType) => {
     ];
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Skip a pacakage
-   *
-   * Reason:
-   * Lerna doesn't work well with merge commits and may mark a package as changed
-   * even though it's not changed except for the version bump from the last release.
-   * https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/1377
-   *
-   * Background:
-   * We introduced a release branch as a staging area for the next release
-   * while development continues in the master branch. Eventually we publish the packages from
-   * the release branch and make the version bumps in package.json and tags. It creats a merge
-   * commit in the master branch when we merge the release branch back.
-   *
-   * Only skip a package if you are sure Lerna listed the package in mistake.
-   * If you skipped a package, it won't show up in the candidate list going forward
-   * unless additional changes are made in this package.
-   *
-   */
-  choices.push({
-    name: chalk`Skip`,
-    value: 'skip'
-  });
-
   /**
    * Create prompts
    */

scripts/release/utils/lerna.js

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ function getLernaUpdateJson() {
     try {
       if (cache) return cache;
 
-      const result = await exec('lerna updated --json', {
+      let { stdout: lastTag } = await exec('git describe --tags --abbrev=0');
+      lastTag = lastTag.trim();
+
+      const result = await exec(`lerna ls --since ${lastTag} --json`, {
         env: npmRunPath.env(),
         cwd: root
       });