refactor(dev-infra): remove invoke bazel clean command from release tool (#42101)

Currently the ng-dev release tool always run `bazel clean` before
calling the configured build release function. The clean is necessary
to ensure the release output is actually built; and not restored
from previous builds which could have different bazel workspace
status variables (which provide the NPM package version).

Instead of doing this as part of the release tool, the
actual script running to build the release output should
run the `bazel clean`. The release tool does not intend to
know about details on how the release output is built. This
is necessary because the build setup could vary between version
branches (especially for older ones; such as LTS version branches).

PR Close #42101

dev-infra/ng-dev.js

@@ -5623,25 +5623,6 @@ function invokeYarnInstallCommand(projectDir) {
         }
     });
 }
-/**
- * Invokes the `yarn bazel clean` command in order to clean the output tree and ensure new artifacts
- * are created for builds.
- */
-function invokeBazelCleanCommand(projectDir) {
-    return tslib.__awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        try {
-            // Note: No progress indicator needed as that is the responsibility of the command.
-            // TODO: Consider using an Ora spinner instead to ensure minimal console output.
-            yield spawnWithDebugOutput('yarn', ['bazel', 'clean'], { cwd: projectDir });
-            info(green('  ✓   Cleaned bazel output tree.'));
-        }
-        catch (e) {
-            error(e);
-            error(red('  ✘   An error occurred while cleaning the bazel output tree.'));
-            throw new FatalReleaseActionError();
-        }
-    });
-}
 
 /**
  * @license
@@ -6297,7 +6278,6 @@ class ReleaseAction {
             // created in the `next` branch. The new package would not be part of the patch branch,
             // so we cannot build and publish it.
             yield invokeYarnInstallCommand(this.projectDir);
-            yield invokeBazelCleanCommand(this.projectDir);
             const builtPackages = yield invokeReleaseBuildCommand();
             // Verify the packages built are the correct version.
             yield this._verifyPackageVersions(releaseNotes.version, builtPackages);

dev-infra/release/publish/actions.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {runNpmPublish} from '../versioning/npm-publish';
 import {FatalReleaseActionError, UserAbortedReleaseActionError} from './actions-error';
 import {getCommitMessageForRelease, getReleaseNoteCherryPickCommitMessage} from './commit-message';
 import {changelogPath, packageJsonPath, waitForPullRequestInterval} from './constants';
-import {invokeBazelCleanCommand, invokeReleaseBuildCommand, invokeYarnInstallCommand} from './external-commands';
+import {invokeReleaseBuildCommand, invokeYarnInstallCommand} from './external-commands';
 import {findOwnedForksOfRepoQuery} from './graphql-queries';
 import {getPullRequestState} from './pull-request-state';
 import {getLocalChangelogFilePath, ReleaseNotes} from './release-notes/release-notes';
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ export abstract class ReleaseAction {
     // created in the `next` branch. The new package would not be part of the patch branch,
     // so we cannot build and publish it.
     await invokeYarnInstallCommand(this.projectDir);
-    await invokeBazelCleanCommand(this.projectDir);
     const builtPackages = await invokeReleaseBuildCommand();
 
     // Verify the packages built are the correct version.

dev-infra/release/publish/external-commands.ts

@@ -90,20 +90,3 @@ export async function invokeYarnInstallCommand(projectDir: string): Promise<void
     throw new FatalReleaseActionError();
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * Invokes the `yarn bazel clean` command in order to clean the output tree and ensure new artifacts
- * are created for builds.
- */
-export async function invokeBazelCleanCommand(projectDir: string): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    // Note: No progress indicator needed as that is the responsibility of the command.
-    // TODO: Consider using an Ora spinner instead to ensure minimal console output.
-    await spawnWithDebugOutput('yarn', ['bazel', 'clean'], {cwd: projectDir});
-    info(green('  ✓   Cleaned bazel output tree.'));
-  } catch (e) {
-    error(e);
-    error(red('  ✘   An error occurred while cleaning the bazel output tree.'));
-    throw new FatalReleaseActionError();
-  }
-}

dev-infra/release/publish/test/test-utils.ts

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export function setupReleaseActionForTesting<T extends ReleaseAction>(
   spyOn(npm, 'runNpmPublish').and.resolveTo();
   spyOn(externalCommands, 'invokeSetNpmDistCommand').and.resolveTo();
   spyOn(externalCommands, 'invokeYarnInstallCommand').and.resolveTo();
-  spyOn(externalCommands, 'invokeBazelCleanCommand').and.resolveTo();
   spyOn(externalCommands, 'invokeReleaseBuildCommand').and.resolveTo([
     {name: '@angular/pkg1', outputPath: `${testTmpDir}/dist/pkg1`},
     {name: '@angular/pkg2', outputPath: `${testTmpDir}/dist/pkg2`}

scripts/build/package-builder.js

@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ function buildTargetPackages(destDir, enableIvy, description, isRelease = false)
       bazelCmd} query --output=label "attr('tags', '\\[.*release-with-framework.*\\]', //packages/...) intersect kind('ng_package|pkg_npm', //packages/...)"`;
   const targets = exec(getTargetsCmd, true).split(/\r?\n/);
 
+  // If we are in release mode, run `bazel clean` to ensure the execroot and action cache
+  // are not populated. This is necessary because targets using `npm_package` rely on
+  // workspace status variables for the package version. Such NPM package targets are not
+  // rebuilt if only the workspace status variables change. This could result in accidental
+  // re-use of previously built package output with a different `version` in the `package.json`.
+  if (isRelease) {
+    console.info('Building in release mode. Resetting the Bazel execroot and action cache..');
+    exec(`${bazelCmd} clean`);
+  }
+
   // Use either `--config=snapshot` or `--config=release` so that builds are created with the
   // correct embedded version info.
   exec(`${bazelCmd} build --config=${isRelease ? 'release' : 'snapshot'} --config=${