chore: added deprecation warnings and removing build-image command that has been deprecated for 6 months. think it's fine to remove this now.

Co-authored-by: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: blam <ben@blam.sh>

.changeset/long-spiders-bow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': minor
+---
+
+Remove the `backend:build-image` command from the CLI and added more deprecation warnings to other deprecated fields like `--lax` and `remove-plugin`

packages/cli/src/commands/app/build.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,17 @@ import { buildBundle } from '../../lib/bundler';
 import { parseParallel, PARALLEL_ENV_VAR } from '../../lib/parallel';
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../lib/config';
 import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 export default async (cmd: Command) => {
+  if (cmd.lax) {
+    console.warn(
+      chalk.yellow(
+        '[DEPRECATED] - The lax argument is deprecated and will be removed in the future.',
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   const { name } = await fs.readJson(paths.resolveTarget('package.json'));
   await buildBundle({
     entry: 'src/index',

packages/cli/src/commands/backend/buildImage.ts

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { Command } from 'commander';
-import { yellow } from 'chalk';
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { join as joinPath, relative as relativePath } from 'path';
-import { createDistWorkspace } from '../../lib/packager';
-import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
-import { run } from '../../lib/run';
-import { parseParallel, PARALLEL_ENV_VAR } from '../../lib/parallel';
-
-const PKG_PATH = 'package.json';
-
-export default async (cmd: Command) => {
-  // Skip the preparation steps if we're being asked for help
-  if (cmd.args.includes('--help')) {
-    await run('docker', ['image', 'build', '--help']);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  console.warn(
-    yellow(`
-The backend:build-image command is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
-Please use the backend:bundle command instead along with your own Docker setup.
-
-  https://backstage.io/docs/deployment/docker
-`),
-  );
-
-  const pkgPath = paths.resolveTarget(PKG_PATH);
-  const pkg = await fs.readJson(pkgPath);
-  const appConfigs = await findAppConfigs();
-  const npmrc = (await fs.pathExists(paths.resolveTargetRoot('.npmrc')))
-    ? ['.npmrc']
-    : [];
-  const tempDistWorkspace = await createDistWorkspace([pkg.name], {
-    buildDependencies: Boolean(cmd.build),
-    files: [
-      'package.json',
-      'yarn.lock',
-      ...npmrc,
-      ...appConfigs,
-      { src: paths.resolveTarget('Dockerfile'), dest: 'Dockerfile' },
-    ],
-    parallel: parseParallel(process.env[PARALLEL_ENV_VAR]),
-    skeleton: 'skeleton.tar',
-  });
-  console.log(`Dist workspace ready at ${tempDistWorkspace}`);
-
-  // all args are forwarded to docker build
-  await run('docker', ['image', 'build', '.', ...cmd.args], {
-    cwd: tempDistWorkspace,
-  });
-
-  await fs.remove(tempDistWorkspace);
-};
-
-/**
- * Find all config files to copy into the image
- */
-async function findAppConfigs(): Promise<string[]> {
-  const files = [];
-
-  for (const name of await fs.readdir(paths.targetRoot)) {
-    if (name.startsWith('app-config.') && name.endsWith('.yaml')) {
-      files.push(name);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (paths.targetRoot !== paths.targetDir) {
-    const dirPath = relativePath(paths.targetRoot, paths.targetDir);
-
-    for (const name of await fs.readdir(paths.targetDir)) {
-      if (name.startsWith('app-config.') && name.endsWith('.yaml')) {
-        files.push(joinPath(dirPath, name));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return files;
-}

packages/cli/src/commands/config/print.ts

@@ -19,8 +19,17 @@ import { stringify as stringifyYaml } from 'yaml';
 import { AppConfig, ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../lib/config';
 import { ConfigSchema, ConfigVisibility } from '@backstage/config-loader';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 export default async (cmd: Command) => {
+  if (cmd.lax) {
+    console.warn(
+      chalk.yellow(
+        '[DEPRECATED] - The lax argument is deprecated and will be removed in the future.',
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   const { schema, appConfigs } = await loadCliConfig({
     args: cmd.config,
     fromPackage: cmd.package,

packages/cli/src/commands/config/validate.ts

@@ -14,10 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../lib/config';
 
 export default async (cmd: Command) => {
+  if (cmd.lax) {
+    console.warn(
+      chalk.yellow(
+        '[DEPRECATED] - The lax argument is deprecated and will be removed in the future.',
+      ),
+    );
+  }
   await loadCliConfig({
     args: cmd.config,
     fromPackage: cmd.package,

packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
     .command('app:build')
     .description('Build an app for a production release')
     .option('--stats', 'Write bundle stats to output directory')
-    .option('--lax', 'Do not require environment variables to be set')
+    // Deprecated
+    .option(
+      '--lax',
+      '[DEPRECATED] - Do not require environment variables to be set',
+    )
     .option(...configOption)
     .action(lazy(() => import('./app/build').then(m => m.default)));
 
@@ -55,16 +59,6 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
     )
     .action(lazy(() => import('./backend/bundle').then(m => m.default)));
 
-  program
-    .command('backend:build-image')
-    .allowUnknownOption(true)
-    .helpOption(', --backstage-cli-help') // Let docker handle --help
-    .option('--build', 'Build packages before packing them into the image')
-    .description(
-      'Bundles the package into a docker image. This command is deprecated and will be removed.',
-    )
-    .action(lazy(() => import('./backend/buildImage').then(m => m.default)));
-
   program
     .command('backend:dev')
     .description('Start local development server with HMR for the backend')
@@ -115,7 +109,7 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
 
   program
     .command('remove-plugin')
-    .description('Removes plugin in the current repository')
+    .description('[DEPRECATED] - Removes plugin in the current repository')
     .action(
       lazy(() => import('./remove-plugin/removePlugin').then(m => m.default)),
     );
@@ -178,7 +172,10 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
       '--package <name>',
       'Only load config schema that applies to the given package',
     )
-    .option('--lax', 'Do not require environment variables to be set')
+    .option(
+      '--lax',
+      '[DEPRECATED] - Do not require environment variables to be set',
+    )
     .option('--frontend', 'Print only the frontend configuration')
     .option('--with-secrets', 'Include secrets in the printed configuration')
     .option(
@@ -195,7 +192,10 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
       '--package <name>',
       'Only load config schema that applies to the given package',
     )
-    .option('--lax', 'Do not require environment variables to be set')
+    .option(
+      '--lax',
+      '[DEPRECATED] - Do not require environment variables to be set',
+    )
     .option('--frontend', 'Only validate the frontend configuration')
     .option(...configOption)
     .description(

packages/cli/src/commands/remove-plugin/removePlugin.ts

@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ export const removeReferencesFromAppPackage = async (
 };
 
 export default async () => {
+  console.warn(
+    chalk.yellow(
+      '[DEPRECATED] - The remove-plugin command is deprecated and will be removed in the future.',
+    ),
+  );
+
   const questions: Question[] = [
     {
       type: 'input',