fix(pods): Fix invalid react-native/../react-native resolution for aliases

[kitten]

Description

Related: software-mansion/react-native-gesture-handler#4232 (same fix for react-native-gesture-handler)

The pod scripts attempt to resolve react-native/package.json to get to the version and perform a version check. It however performs a redundant react-native/../react-native resolution i.e. it essentially performs path.dirname(require.resolve('react-native/package.json')) (correct), but then joins this with ${dir}/.., then re-joins this with react-native.

Re-entering the react-native directory can be invalid in case of symlinks in the node_modules structure. The easiest way to reproduce an issue is to use react-native-tvos's pattern of aliasing "react-native": "npm:react-native-tvos@x.x.x". With isolated dependencies this will point a symlink at a directory that's named react-native-tvos and not react-native. The also applies to local link: dependency specifiers. Essentially, the directory name react-native is unnecessarily enforced.

This would lead to a cryptic file: no implicit conversion of nil into String. error

Test plan

• Existing pod install in working projects should continue passing unchanged
• https://github.com/kitten/douglowder--with-monorepo-tv-test/tree/init-pnpm
  • pnpm i then in apps/tv run pnpm prebuild (which runs pod install)

[tjzel]

LGTM

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR updates the CocoaPods Ruby helper scripts for Reanimated and Worklets to resolve the React Native installation directory directly from require.resolve('react-native/package.json'), avoiding the redundant react-native/../react-native path reconstruction that can break when react-native is provided via aliases/symlinks (e.g., npm:react-native-tvos, link:).

Changes:

• Resolve react-native/package.json and use its containing directory as the React Native root (instead of deriving a node_modules dir and re-joining react-native).
• Adjust ReactCommon path construction to be rooted at the resolved React Native directory.
• Rename config key from :react_native_node_modules_dir to :react_native_dir in both scripts.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
packages/react-native-worklets/scripts/worklets_utils.rb	Switches React Native path resolution to use the resolved RN package directory directly (symlink-safe).
packages/react-native-reanimated/scripts/reanimated_utils.rb	Same React Native path resolution adjustment for Reanimated’s pod utilities.

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[tjzel]

Thanks for the PR!