[eas-cli] [ENG-11310] Don't require expo on fresh react-native project

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- Don't require expo on fresh react-native project. ([#2235](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2235) by [@radoslawkrzemien](https://github.com/radoslawkrzemien))
+
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
 - Upgrade [`eas-build`](https://github.com/expo/eas-build) dependencies. ([#2229](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2229) by [@expo-bot](https://github.com/expo-bot))

packages/eas-cli/src/commands/project/init.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getProjectConfigDescription } from '@expo/config';
+import { ConfigError, getProjectConfigDescription } from '@expo/config';
 import { ExpoConfig } from '@expo/config-types';
 import { Flags } from '@oclif/core';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -60,7 +60,19 @@ export default class ProjectInit extends EasCommand {
     projectDir: string,
     modifications: Partial<ExpoConfig>
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const result = await createOrModifyExpoConfigAsync(projectDir, modifications);
+    let result;
+    try {
+      result = await createOrModifyExpoConfigAsync(projectDir, modifications);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof ConfigError && error.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
+        Log.warn(
+          'Cannot determine which native SDK version your project uses because the module `expo` is not installed.'
+        );
+        return;
+      } else {
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
     switch (result.type) {
       case 'success':
         break;