🐞 SPFx v1.15 - gulp clean doesn't remove the 'releases' folder

[andrewconnell]

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?

💥 SharePoint Framework

Developer environment

macOS

What browser(s) / client(s) have you tested

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Additional environment details

• SPFx v1.15
• Node.js v16

Describe the bug / error

The task gulp clean removes all temp folders generated by a built, except the releases folder. The releases folder is missing in the configuration for the task within the @microsoft/gulp-core-build package, specifically in the task's file ./@microsoft/gulp-core-build/lib/tasks/CleanTask.js ,lines 27 & 28:

const { distFolder, libFolder, libAMDFolder, tempFolder } = this.buildConfig;
let cleanPaths = [distFolder, libFolder, tempFolder];

If the task clean is supposed to clean up files that shouldn't committed to source control, the releases folder should also be removed.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create SPFx project with any type of component
2. Wait for npm install to complete
3. Build project once: gulp build
4. Clean project: gulp clean
5. Observe releases still present

Expected behavior

Releases isn't present after running gulp clean

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[AJIXuMuK]

Thanks @andrewconnell for reporting this one.
The fix has been done and will be included in the next release.

[AJIXuMuK]

1.15.2 is out - this should be fixed

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