Zsh plugin for installing, updating and loading
nvm
nvm is an awesome tool but it can be kind of a pain to install and keep up to date. This zsh plugin allows you to quickly setup nvm once, save it in your dotfiles, then never worry about it again.
The plugin will install the latest stable release of nvm if you don't already have it, and then automatically source it for you. You can upgrade nvm to the latest version whenever you want without losing your installed node versions by running nvm upgrade.
Although this is written as a zsh plugin, it also works with bash if you follow the manual installation instructions.
Usage
Once the plugin's installed nvm will be available. You'll probably want to load this as one of your first plugins so node/npm is available for any other plugins that may require them.
zsh-nvm also wraps nvm in some additional functionality.
Upgrade
If you want to upgrade to the latest release of nvm:
% nvm upgrade
Installed version is v0.31.0
Checking latest version of nvm...
Updating to v0.31.3...
Previous HEAD position was 2176894... v0.31.0
HEAD is now at 56417f8... v0.31.3
Revert
If an upgrade breaks something don't worry, reverting back to the previously installed version is simple:
% nvm revert
Installed version is v0.31.3
Reverting to v0.31.0...
Previous HEAD position was 56417f8... v0.31.3
HEAD is now at 2176894... v0.31.0
Install
You can install the latest Node.js nightlies or release candidates with nvm install nightly|rc. Aliases will automatically be created so you can easily nvm use nightly|rc in the future:
% nvm install rc
Downloading and installing node v8.0.0-rc.1...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/download/rc//v8.0.0-rc.1/node-v8.0.0-rc.1-darwin-x64.tar.xz...
######################################################################## 100.0%
Computing checksum with shasum -a 256
Checksums matched!
Now using node v8.0.0-rc.1 (npm v5.0.0-beta.56)
rc -> v8.0.0-rc.1
Clearing mirror cache...
Done!
Note: This is a bit of a hack and leaving rc|nightly versions installed may break nvm when it eventually supports them itself. It's recommended that you don't leave the these versions of Node.js installed. Install them, test/play with them and then uninstall them when you're done.
Configuration
See the Configuration tab
Related
zsh-better-npm-completion - Better completion for npm