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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Avoid intermediate buffer allocations in fs reads#44

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💡 What
Replaced usages of fs.readFileSync(path).toString() and fs.readFile(path).toString() with fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8') and fs.readFile(path, 'utf8') across various packages (e.g., @expo/cli, @expo/config-plugins, expo-modules-autolinking).

🎯 Why
When reading files in Node.js, calling .toString() on the returned Buffer allocates an intermediate Buffer object before converting it to a V8 string, which adds unnecessary memory allocation and garbage collection overhead. By explicitly providing the 'utf8' encoding flag to the fs methods, Node.js bypasses the intermediate Buffer and streams the file contents directly into a V8 string.

📊 Impact
Reduces memory allocations and GC overhead when reading text-based source files and configurations during build and development processes.

🔬 Measurement
Measure heap memory allocation profiles when performing operations that read many files, such as resolving dependencies in expo-modules-autolinking or reading configs in @expo/cli.


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💡 What
Replaced usages of `fs.readFileSync(path).toString()` and `fs.readFile(path).toString()` with `fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8')` and `fs.readFile(path, 'utf8')` across various packages (e.g., `@expo/cli`, `@expo/config-plugins`, `expo-modules-autolinking`).

🎯 Why
When reading files in Node.js, calling `.toString()` on the returned `Buffer` allocates an intermediate `Buffer` object before converting it to a V8 string, which adds unnecessary memory allocation and garbage collection overhead. By explicitly providing the `'utf8'` encoding flag to the `fs` methods, Node.js bypasses the intermediate `Buffer` and streams the file contents directly into a V8 string.

📊 Impact
Reduces memory allocations and GC overhead when reading text-based source files and configurations during build and development processes.

🔬 Measurement
Measure heap memory allocation profiles when performing operations that read many files, such as resolving dependencies in `expo-modules-autolinking` or reading configs in `@expo/cli`.

Co-authored-by: vishnu-madhavan-git <237662584+vishnu-madhavan-git@users.noreply.github.com>
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