Add node preFlight checks to CLI (#2892)

* Add a new file preFlightChecks to contain check
* Add a preAction hook to run the checks before
invoking any command

Author: Harjun751

package-lock.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { build } from './src/cmd/build.js';
 import { deploy } from './src/cmd/deploy.js';
 import { init } from './src/cmd/init.js';
 import { serve } from './src/cmd/serve.js';
+import { preFlightChecks } from './src/util/preFlightChecks.js';
 import packageJson from './package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
 const CLI_VERSION = packageJson.version;
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ function printHeader() {
   return '';
 }
 
+program
+  .hook('preAction', () => preFlightChecks());
+
 program
   .addHelpText('beforeAll', printHeader())
   .showHelpAfterError('(run "markbind --help" to list commands)')

packages/cli/index.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "live-server": "1.2.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
+    "semver": "^7.7.4",
     "url-parse": "^1.5.10",
     "winston": "^3.19.0",
     "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^5.0.0"
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     "@babel/core": "^7.29.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.29.0",
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.28.5",
+    "@types/semver": "^7.7.1",
     "@types/jest": "^29.4.6",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "@types/url-parse": "^1.4.8",

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import * as semver from 'semver';
+import * as logger from './logger.js';
+import packageJson from '../../package.json' with { type: 'json' };
+
+const CLI_VERSION = packageJson.version;
+const REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION = '22.12.0';
+
+function checkNode() {
+  const nodeVersion = process.version;
+  const version = semver.coerce(nodeVersion);
+
+  if (version === null) {
+    logger.warn('Unknown version of node detected.');
+    return;
+  }
+  if (semver.lt(version, REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION)) {
+    logger.error(
+      `Markbind ${CLI_VERSION} requires node >=${REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION}. `
+        + 'Please update node or use an older version of Markbind!',
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs pre-usage checks to ensure the application will run as expected.
+ * This method may exit the process if checks fail.
+ */
+export function preFlightChecks() {
+  checkNode();
+}