test: globally install tar instead of linking

Author: filipesilva

tests/e2e/setup/100-global-cli.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {silentNpm, exec} from '../utils/process';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../utils/env';
+
+const packages = require('../../../lib/packages').packages;
+
+
+export default function () {
+  return Promise.resolve()
+    .then(() => {
+      const argv = getGlobalVariable('argv');
+      if (argv.noglobal) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Install global Angular CLI.
+      return silentNpm('install', '-g', packages['@angular/cli'].tar);
+    })
+    .then(() => exec(process.platform.startsWith('win') ? 'where' : 'which', 'ng'));
+}

tests/e2e/setup/100-npm-link.ts

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
  * Here's a short description of those flags:
  *   --debug          If a test fails, block the thread so the temporary directory isn't deleted.
  *   --noproject      Skip creating a project or using one.
- *   --nobuild        Skip building the packages. Use with --nolink and --reuse to quickly
+ *   --nobuild        Skip building the packages. Use with --noglobal and --reuse to quickly
  *                    rerun tests.
- *   --nolink         Skip linking your local @angular/cli directory. Can save a few seconds.
+ *   --noglobal       Skip linking your local @angular/cli directory. Can save a few seconds.
  *   --nosilent       Never silence ng commands.
  *   --ng-sha=SHA     Use a specific ng-sha. Similar to nightly but point to a master SHA instead
  *                    of using the latest.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
     'debug',
     'eject',
     'nightly',
-    'nolink',
+    'noglobal',
     'nosilent',
     'noproject',
     'verbose',