react-native: [0.57.0-rc.0] react-native-git-upgrade and old school upgrade are broken

Environment

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: Windows 10
      CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
      Memory: 8.52 GB / 15.95 GB
    Binaries:
      Yarn: 1.9.4 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
      npm: 6.4.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD

I’m upgrading from React Native 0.56.0.

Description

PS C:\Users\Gary\Documents\code\WonderSwipe> react-native-git-upgrade.cmd 0.57.0-rc.0
git-upgrade info Check for updates
git-upgrade info Using yarn 1.9.4
git-upgrade info Read package.json files
git-upgrade info Check declared version
git-upgrade info Check matching versions
git-upgrade info Check React peer dependency
git-upgrade info Check that Git is installed
git-upgrade info Get information from NPM registry
git-upgrade info Upgrading to React Native 0.57.0-rc.0, React 16.4.1
git-upgrade info Setup temporary working directory
git-upgrade info Configure Git environment
git-upgrade info Init Git repository
git-upgrade info Add all files to commit
git-upgrade info Commit current project sources
git-upgrade info Create a tag before updating sources
git-upgrade info Generate old version template
git-upgrade ERR! An error occurred during upgrade:
git-upgrade ERR! Error: Plugin 0 specified in "C:\\Users\\Gary\\Documents\\code\\WonderSwipe\\node_modules\\babel-preset-react-native\\index.js" provided an invalid property of "default" (While processing preset: "C:\\Users\\Gary\\Documents\\code\\WonderSwipe\\node_modules\\babel-preset-react-native\\index.js")
    at Plugin.init (C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\plugin.js:131:13)
    at Function.normalisePlugin (C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:152:12)
    at C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:184:30
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at Function.normalisePlugins (C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:158:20)
    at OptionManager.mergeOptions (C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:234:36)
    at C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:265:14
    at C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:323:22
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at OptionManager.resolvePresets (C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\react-native-git-upgrade\node_modules\babel-core\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:275:20)
git-upgrade ERR! Restore initial sources
Note: checking out 'project-snapshot'.

You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:

  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>

Reproducible Demo

Run react-native-git-upgrade 0.57.0-rc.0. I can reproduce same error on both Windows and MacOS (latest High Sierra).

I’ve never encountered a similar breakage with git-upgrade for about the last 10 version of RN upgrades I’ve done with react-native-git-upgrade.

Ref: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-releases/issues/34