refactor(@angular/cli): use version class instead of requiring package.json

The CLI contains a helper class instance that provides the version of the executing CLI. By using this helper throughtout the code, repeat `require` calls are no longer necessary.

packages/angular/cli/commands/new-impl.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { Arguments } from '../models/interface';
 import { SchematicCommand } from '../models/schematic-command';
+import { VERSION } from '../models/version';
 import { Schema as NewCommandSchema } from './new';
 
 export class NewCommand extends SchematicCommand<NewCommandSchema> {
@@ -22,9 +23,7 @@ export class NewCommand extends SchematicCommand<NewCommandSchema> {
 
   public async run(options: NewCommandSchema & Arguments) {
     // Register the version of the CLI in the registry.
-    const packageJson = require('../package.json');
+    const version = VERSION.full;
-    const version = packageJson.version;
-
     this._workflow.registry.addSmartDefaultProvider('ng-cli-version', () => version);
 
     return this.runSchematic({

packages/angular/cli/commands/update-impl.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { PackageManager } from '../lib/config/workspace-schema';
 import { Command } from '../models/command';
 import { Arguments } from '../models/interface';
 import { SchematicEngineHost } from '../models/schematic-engine-host';
+import { VERSION } from '../models/version';
 import { colors } from '../utilities/color';
 import { installAllPackages, runTempPackageBin } from '../utilities/install-package';
 import { writeErrorToLogFile } from '../utilities/log-file';
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ export class UpdateCommand extends Command<UpdateCommandSchema> {
    * @returns `true` when the installed version is older.
    */
   private async checkCLILatestVersion(verbose = false, next = false): Promise<boolean> {
-    const { version: installedCLIVersion } = require('../package.json');
+    const installedCLIVersion = VERSION.full;
 
     const LatestCLIManifest = await fetchPackageManifest(
       `@angular/cli@${next ? 'next' : 'latest'}`,

packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import 'symbol-observable';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { SemVer } from 'semver';
+import { VERSION } from '../models/version';
 import { colors } from '../utilities/color';
 import { isWarningEnabled } from '../utilities/config';
 
@@ -80,14 +81,17 @@ if (process.env['NG_CLI_PROFILING']) {
     const projectLocalCli = require.resolve('@angular/cli', { paths: [process.cwd()] });
     cli = await import(projectLocalCli);
 
-    const globalVersion = new SemVer(require('../package.json').version);
+    const globalVersion = new SemVer(VERSION.full);
 
     // Older versions might not have the VERSION export
     let localVersion = cli.VERSION?.full;
     if (!localVersion) {
       try {
-        localVersion = require(path.join(path.dirname(projectLocalCli), '../../package.json'))
+        const localPackageJson = await fs.promises.readFile(
-          .version;
+          path.join(path.dirname(projectLocalCli), '../../package.json'),
+          'utf-8',
+        );
+        localVersion = (JSON.parse(localPackageJson) as { version: string }).version;
       } catch (error) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line  no-console
         console.error('Version mismatch check skipped. Unable to retrieve local version: ' + error);

packages/angular/cli/models/analytics.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { json, tags } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import * as inquirer from 'inquirer';
 import { v4 as uuidV4 } from 'uuid';
+import { VERSION } from '../models/version';
 import { colors } from '../utilities/color';
 import { getWorkspace, getWorkspaceRaw } from '../utilities/config';
 import { isTTY } from '../utilities/tty';
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export const AnalyticsProperties = {
       return _defaultAngularCliPropertyCache;
     }
 
-    const v = require('../package.json').version;
+    const v = VERSION.full;
 
     // The logic is if it's a full version then we should use the prod GA property.
     if (/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(v) && v !== '0.0.0') {