From 294ff9e3aa8ce02bbf8d83fa235a363d9560a179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Huy Z <huyz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:39:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [readme] Fix uninstall instructions

`nvm unload` will unset NVM_DIR. So gotta save NVM_DIR first.
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 README.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23f300fc80..9e47e0147e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -844,10 +844,12 @@ As a potential alternative, @mhart (a Node contributor) has some [Docker images
 
 To remove `nvm` manually, execute the following:
 
-First, use `nvm unload` to remove the nvm command from your terminal session. then:
+First, use `nvm unload` to remove the nvm command from your terminal session and delete the installation directory:
 
 ```sh
-$ rm -rf "$NVM_DIR"
+$ nvm_dir="${NVM_DIR:-~/.nvm}"
+$ nvm unload
+$ rm -rf "$nvm_dir"
 ```
 
 Edit `~/.bashrc` (or other shell resource config) and remove the lines below: