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Lazyload NVM (for bash and zsh)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # I recomend adding this to your ~/.bash_profile and disabling the default NVM loading command | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Lazyload NVM for Bash | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Load NVM/Node/Ext when needed. This loads the terminal quicker | |
| # based on https://old.reddit.com/r/node/comments/4tg5jg/lazy_load_nvm_for_faster_shell_start/d5ib9fs/ | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Create an array of all node executables, plus node and nvm | |
| NODE_GLOBALS=($(find ~/.nvm/versions/node -maxdepth 3 -type l -wholename '*/bin/*' | xargs -n1 basename | sort | uniq)); | |
| NODE_GLOBALS+=('node'); NODE_GLOBALS+=('nvm'); | |
| export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" | |
| load_nvm () { | |
| [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" | |
| [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && source "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" | |
| } | |
| # Create a new function for each installed node executable. | |
| for cmd in "${NODE_GLOBALS[@]}"; do | |
| eval "${cmd}(){ unset -f ${NODE_GLOBALS[@]}; load_nvm; ${cmd} \$@; }" | |
| done | |
| unset NODE_GLOBALS | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- |
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| #!/bin/zsh | |
| # I recomend adding this to your ~/.zprofile and disabling the default NVM loading commands | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Lazyload NVM for Zsh | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Load NVM/Node/Ext when needed to speed up creating a new terminal session | |
| # By Joel Kesler - Based on https://old.reddit.com/r/node/comments/4tg5jg/lazy_load_nvm_for_faster_shell_start/d5ib9fs/ | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- | |
| # array of all node executables, plus node and nvm | |
| declare -a NODE_GLOBALS=(`find ~/.nvm/versions/node -maxdepth 3 -type l -wholename '*/bin/*' | xargs -n1 basename | sort | uniq`); | |
| NODE_GLOBALS+=("node"); NODE_GLOBALS+=("nvm") | |
| export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" | |
| load_nvm () { | |
| [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" | |
| [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" | |
| } | |
| for cmd in "${NODE_GLOBALS[@]}"; do | |
| eval "${cmd}(){ unset -f ${NODE_GLOBALS}; load_nvm; ${cmd} \$@ }" | |
| done | |
| unset NODE_GLOBALS | |
| # -------------------------------------------------- |
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