From e9936a568b01e66c00a2dd4f2ac7ef0292297bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Szymon Dziedzic <szymon.dziedzic@swmansion.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 12:46:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [eas-cli] suggest using eas build:dev when using
 simulator/emulator dev client configuration

---
 .../eas-cli/src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts    |  2 +
 packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts  | 55 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts
index 6b1e4d3f94..b7227cf62b 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ export async function runBuildAndSubmitAsync({
   envOverride?: Env;
 }): Promise<{
   buildIds: string[];
+  buildProfiles?: ProfileData<'build'>[];
 }> {
   await vcsClient.ensureRepoExistsAsync();
   await ensureRepoIsCleanAsync(vcsClient, flags.nonInteractive);
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ export async function runBuildAndSubmitAsync({
   }
   return {
     buildIds: startedBuilds.map(({ build }) => build.id),
+    buildProfiles,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
index 497ed13d13..ae3dbd9fcf 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Platform } from '@expo/eas-build-job';
-import { EasJsonAccessor, EasJsonUtils, ResourceClass } from '@expo/eas-json';
+import { BuildProfile, EasJsonAccessor, EasJsonUtils, ResourceClass } from '@expo/eas-json';
 import { LoggerLevel } from '@expo/logger';
 import { Errors, Flags } from '@oclif/core';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { RequestedPlatform, selectRequestedPlatformAsync } from '../../platform'
 import { selectAsync } from '../../prompts';
 import uniq from '../../utils/expodash/uniq';
 import { enableJsonOutput } from '../../utils/json';
+import { ProfileData } from '../../utils/profiles';
 import { maybeWarnAboutEasOutagesAsync } from '../../utils/statuspageService';
 
 interface RawBuildFlags {
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ export default class Build extends EasCommand {
 
     const flagsWithPlatform = await this.ensurePlatformSelectedAsync(flags);
 
-    await runBuildAndSubmitAsync({
+    const { buildProfiles } = await runBuildAndSubmitAsync({
       graphqlClient,
       analytics,
       vcsClient,
@@ -169,6 +170,11 @@ export default class Build extends EasCommand {
       actor,
       getDynamicPrivateProjectConfigAsync,
     });
+
+    this.maybeSuggestUsingEasBuildDev({
+      buildProfiles,
+      nonInteractive: flags.nonInteractive,
+    });
   }
 
   private sanitizeFlags(
@@ -268,6 +274,51 @@ export default class Build extends EasCommand {
       requestedPlatform,
     };
   }
+
+  private maybeSuggestUsingEasBuildDev({
+    buildProfiles,
+    nonInteractive,
+  }: {
+    buildProfiles: ProfileData<'build'>[] | undefined;
+    nonInteractive: boolean;
+  }): void {
+    // suggest using eas build:dev if the build configuration results in simulator/emulator dev client build
+    if (
+      !nonInteractive &&
+      !process.env.CI &&
+      buildProfiles?.some(({ profile, platform }) => {
+        if (profile.developmentClient !== true) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        if (profile.distribution !== 'internal') {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        if (platform === Platform.IOS) {
+          const iosProfile = profile as BuildProfile<Platform.IOS>;
+          if (iosProfile.simulator !== true && iosProfile.withoutCredentials !== true) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        } else {
+          const androidProfile = profile as BuildProfile<Platform.ANDROID>;
+          if (
+            androidProfile.distribution !== 'internal' &&
+            androidProfile.withoutCredentials !== true
+          ) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+        return true;
+      })
+    ) {
+      Log.addNewLineIfNone();
+      Log.log(
+        `🔎 You are using a build configuration that could benefit from using ${chalk.bold(
+          'eas build:dev'
+        )} command. Run it to install and run cached development build, or create a new one if a compatible build doesn't exist yet.`
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export async function handleDeprecatedEasJsonAsync(

From a87155c53ee3cf0cadd73410609a2cb7eaecdaf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Szymon Dziedzic <szymon.dziedzic@swmansion.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 14:53:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                 | 2 ++
 packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccab1e71f6..b223baede5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
+- Suggest using `eas build:dev` for matching configurations. ([#2929](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2929) by [@szdziedzic](https://github.com/szdziedzic))
+
 ## [15.0.13](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v15.0.13) - 2025-03-04
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
index ae3dbd9fcf..dd32bcf69f 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ export default class Build extends EasCommand {
         return true;
       })
     ) {
-      Log.addNewLineIfNone();
+      Log.newLine();
       Log.log(
-        `🔎 You are using a build configuration that could benefit from using ${chalk.bold(
+        `🔎 TIP: You are using a build configuration that could benefit from using ${chalk.bold(
           'eas build:dev'
         )} command. Run it to install and run cached development build, or create a new one if a compatible build doesn't exist yet.`
       );