Error: Couldn't find preset "module:metro-react-native-babel-preset"

Environment

React Native Environment Info: System: OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 CPU: x64 Intel® Core™ i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00GHz Memory: 68.43 MB / 8.00 GB Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash Binaries: Node: 9.8.0 - /usr/local/bin/node Yarn: 1.9.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 6.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1 IDEs: Xcode: 10.1/10O23u - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: react: ^16.5.2 => 16.5.2 react-native: ^0.57.0 => 0.57.0 npmGlobalPackages: create-react-native-app: 1.0.0 react-native-cli: 1.2.0 react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7 react-native-rename: 2.2.2

Description

When trying to run “react-native-git-upgrade” it gives the following error: git-upgrade ERR! An error occurred during upgrade: Error: Couldn't find preset "module:metro-react-native-babel-preset" relative to directory "Users/...

Reproducible Demo

Try to upgrade from React Native 0.56 to 0.57 with “react-native-git-upgrade”.

[Amnesthesia]

I seemed to have solved this by removing everything in the babelrc file:

# .babelrc
{
}

react-native-git-upgrade then tries to re-add this during installation. I kept removing it and re-saving the file, and it continued without crashing. Then I added the contents back.

[rszalski]

@Amnesthesia 's workaround allowed my upgrade to progress a bit further, but eventually react-native-git-upgrade re-added the preset to .babelrc file and failed at the same error in the end.

My solution was to rename .babelrc -> .babelrc2 during upgrade which worked. I restored the .babelrc config after the upgrade.

Happened to me when upgrading v0.57.0 -> v0.57.1 and v0.57.1 -> v0.57.2.