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add nvm script for use by other shells #582

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add nvm script for use by other shells
danielb2 Nov 21, 2014
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change $HOME to $NVM_DIR in readme. Remove unncessary comments in sc…
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Expand Up @@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ To use a mirror of the node binaries, set `$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR`:

`nvm use` will not, by default, create a "current" symlink. Set `$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT` to "true" to enable this behavior, which is sometimes useful for IDEs.

## Other shells

You can run nvm from other shells by using the script provided in the bin
directory. It must remain relative to the install.

Add `<prefix>/bin` and `<prefix>/current/bin` to your PATH and use nvm transparantly.
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If using the symlink isn't required, but rather just an extra alternative, then could the symlink instructions be grouped in their own separate section?


### Example [fish-shell](http://fishshell.com/) config:

Where nvm is installed at `~/.nvm`

set -x fish_user_paths $PATH $HOME/.nvm/current/bin $HOME/.nvm/bin
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Shouldn't this use $NVM_DIR instead of $HOME/.nvm?


## License

nvm is released under the MIT license.
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#!/bin/bash

# For non bash-shells (fish, etc)
# add <prefix>/nvm/bin and <prefix>/nvm/current/bin to PATH
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Should this be part of the install script as well?


export NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true
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Must this env var be forced to true, for this script to work, rather than just using the environment setting?

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No, but the script uses about 90% of it's value without it. Basically you'd be forced to add something to your environmental settings which can just as easily be done here saving the work.


DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
source ${DIR}/../nvm.sh;

nvm $@