From 2d23a4563ef2bec7d90c4a7edff2657c890b4334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HardikModha <hardik.modha@causecode.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:51:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Reading package.json safely in the build script by ignoring
 the system files. #11544 (#11546)

---
 scripts/release/utils.js | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release/utils.js b/scripts/release/utils.js
index 4fa7fecab8..7eb99ee4a4 100644
--- a/scripts/release/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/release/utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const {dots} = require('cli-spinners');
 const {exec} = require('child-process-promise');
-const {readdirSync, readFileSync} = require('fs');
+const {readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync} = require('fs');
 const logUpdate = require('log-update');
 const {join} = require('path');
 
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@ const getPublicPackages = () => {
 
   return readdirSync(packagesRoot).filter(dir => {
     const packagePath = join(packagesRoot, dir, 'package.json');
-    const packageJSON = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packagePath));
 
-    return packageJSON.private !== true;
+    if (dir.charAt(0) !== '.' && statSync(packagePath).isFile()) {
+      const packageJSON = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packagePath));
+
+      return packageJSON.private !== true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
   });
 };