ci(windows): manually restore NuGet packages before building

Author: tido64

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -570,6 +570,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine whether the Windows app needs to be built
         id: affected
         uses: ./.github/actions/affected
+      - name: Restore NuGet packages
+        if: ${{ steps.affected.outputs.windows != '' }}
+        run: |
+          MSBuild -property:Configuration=${{ matrix.configuration }} -property:Platform=${{ matrix.platform }} -target:Restore
+        working-directory: packages/example-windows/windows
       - name: Build
         id: build
         if: ${{ steps.affected.outputs.windows != '' }}

.yarn/patches/@react-native-windows-cli-npm-0.83.0-2d6aa101ac.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/lib-commonjs/utils/msbuildtools.js b/lib-commonjs/utils/msbuildtools.js
+index a9304027f047b9e737a1de6e534aea1812704bd4..9f4ad135b6548506dde09e285afaa33852ee0988 100644
+--- a/lib-commonjs/utils/msbuildtools.js
++++ b/lib-commonjs/utils/msbuildtools.js
+@@ -105,10 +105,7 @@ class MSBuildTools {
+         if (enableParallelBuilds) {
+             args.push('/maxCpuCount');
+         }
+-        if (target === 'build') {
+-            args.push('/restore', '/p:RestorePackagesConfig=true');
+-        }
+-        else {
++        if (target !== 'build') {
+             args.push(`/t:Deploy`);
+         }
+         Object.keys(msBuildProps).forEach(key => {

package.json

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "@nx/js/picomatch": "^4.0.4",
     "@nx/workspace/picomatch": "^4.0.4",
     "@react-native-windows/cli/@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.9.0",
+    "@react-native-windows/cli@npm:0.83.0": "patch:@react-native-windows/cli@npm%3A0.83.0#~/.yarn/patches/@react-native-windows-cli-npm-0.83.0-2d6aa101ac.patch",
     "@react-native-windows/telemetry/@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.9.0",
     "appium/ajv": "~8.18.0",
     "appium/axios": "^1.15.0",

packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="Exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsPropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props" />
@@ -143,14 +143,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsTargets">
     <Import Project="$(ReactAppSharedDir)\EmbedManifest.targets" />
-    <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets" Condition="Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets" />
     <!-- ReactTestApp additional targets -->
   </ImportGroup>
-  <Target Name="EnsureReactNativeWindowsTargets" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ErrorText>This project references targets in your node_modules\react-native-windows folder. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets'))" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>