From cd22df381d0e3bc40e1a55c5a1f66ba302c0021e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommy Nguyen <4123478+tido64@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:17:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix version checker not considering nightlies

---
 packages/react-native/cli.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/cli.js b/packages/react-native/cli.js
index 53c7e47df571..459213d4c517 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/cli.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/cli.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ async function getLatestVersion(registryHost = DEFAULT_REGISTRY_HOST) {
   });
 }
 
+function parseVersion(version) {
+  const [major, minor = 0, patch = 0] = version.split('-')[0].split('.');
+  return major * 1000000 + minor * 1000 + patch;
+}
+
 /**
  * Warn when users are using `npx react-native init`, to raise awareness of the changes from RFC 0759.
  *
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ async function main() {
   if (isNpxRuntime && !process.env.SKIP && currentVersion !== HEAD) {
     try {
       const latest = await getLatestVersion();
-      if (latest !== currentVersion) {
+      if (parseVersion(latest) > parseVersion(currentVersion)) {
         const msg = `
   ${chalk.bold.yellow('WARNING:')} You should run ${chalk.white.bold(
     'npx react-native@latest',