react-native-git-upgrade does not update package.json

Description

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I current have react native 41.2. I ran react-native-git-upgrade which ends with The upgrade process succeeded but there might be conflicts to be resolved. See above for the list of files that have merge conflicts. After I fixed the conflict, I ran react-native-git-upgrade which ends with an error react-native version in "package.json" (0.41.2) doesn't match the installed version in "node_modules" (0.42.3).

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Solution

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Save new version of react-native to package.json

Additional Information

• React Native version: 0.41.2
• Platform: Android
• Development Operating System: MacOs
• Dev tools: VS Code, Android Studio 2.2.3

[oerste]

I managed to solve the does not exist in index problem by changing the name field in package.json to match the project directory name.

[Jacse]

I ended up updating react native manually by consulting RNDiff. Worked out quite well, the changes are few.