nsnvm/README.md

NUÑO's STUPID NODE VERSION MANAGER
==================================

## The problem

Current node version managers, such as [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) or [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/) are too slow. In particular, they add half a second to a few seconds when loaded with bash. 

You can test this by removing these lines from your `.bashrc`:

```
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
```

or just by noticing that [nvm.sh](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/nvm.sh) has 4k+ lines.

## The solution

Write a stupidly simple node version manager which is significantly simpler, hackier, less featureful, and less secure, but much faster. 

## Usage

Use this software at your own risk. In particular, strongly consider reading the 20 lines of source code to understand what it does.

Read the `nsnvm.sh` file, then execute it like:

```
./nsvnm.sh 18.12.1
```

Make sure that you pass it one argument and that it is a correct node version number: there is no error checking. You can check node versions [here](https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json) or [here](https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/)