Remove unused VERSION from nightly pipeline (#5812)

azure-pipeline.nightly.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extends:
 
       - script: >
           node ./scripts/prepare-nightly-build.js
-          -v "%VERSION%"
         displayName: Generate package.json
 
       - script: |

scripts/prepare-nightly-build.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 
 const json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json').toString());
 const stableVersion = json.version.match(/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
@@ -21,14 +20,11 @@ function prependZero(number) {
 // update name, publisher and description
 // calculate version
 // If the format of the patch version is ever changed, the isPreRelease utility function should be updated.
-let patch = argv['v'];
-if (typeof patch !== 'string') {
-	const date = new Date();
-	const month = date.getMonth() + 1;
-	const day = date.getDate();
-	const hours = date.getHours();
-	patch = `${date.getFullYear()}${prependZero(month)}${prependZero(day)}${prependZero(hours)}`;
-}
+const date = new Date();
+const month = date.getMonth() + 1;
+const day = date.getDate();
+const hours = date.getHours();
+const patch = `${date.getFullYear()}${prependZero(month)}${prependZero(day)}${prependZero(hours)}`;
 
 // The stable version should always be <major>.<minor_even_number>.patch
 // For the nightly build, we keep the major, make the minor an odd number with +1, and add the timestamp as a patch.