Steakeye · October 9, 2025 15:43 · Oct 9, 2025
diff --git a/nvm-use.sh b/nvm-use.sh
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+# This script will trigger nvm use is there is an .nvm-use file with auto set to true
+cdnvm() {
+        command cd "$@" || return $?
+
+        upfind () {
+                local res=$(ls -f $1 2>/dev/null)
+
+                if [ ! -z $res ]; then
+                        echo $res
+                        return 0;
+                fi
+
+                if [ "$(realpath $(dirname $1))" != "/" ]; then
+                        upfind ../$1
+                fi
+        }
+
+        local foundFile=$(upfind .nvm-use)
+        local foundAutoValue;
+
+        if [ -f "$foundFile" ]; then
+                #echo found .nvm-use file in: $(realpath $(dirname $foundFile))
+                foundAutoValue=$(grep '^auto=' $foundFile | tail -1 | awk -F '=' '{print $2}') 
+        else
+                return 0;
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$foundAutoValue" != "true" ]; then
+                #echo .nvm-use auto value was not found or not true
+                return 0
+        fi
+
+        nvm_path="$(nvm_find_up .nvmrc | command tr -d '\n')"
+
+        # If there are no .nvmrc file, use the default nvm version
+        if [[ ! $nvm_path = *[^[:space:]]* ]]; then
+
+                declare default_version
+                default_version="$(nvm version default)"
+
+                # If there is no default version, set it to `node`
+                # This will use the latest version on your machine
+                if [ $default_version = 'N/A' ]; then
+                        nvm alias default node
+                        default_version=$(nvm version default)
+                fi
+
+                # If the current version is not the default version, set it to use the default version
+                if [ "$(nvm current)" != "${default_version}" ]; then
+                        nvm use default
+                fi
+        elif [[ -s "${nvm_path}/.nvmrc" && -r "${nvm_path}/.nvmrc" ]]; then
+                declare nvm_version
+                nvm_version=$(<"${nvm_path}"/.nvmrc)
+
+                declare locally_resolved_nvm_version
+                # `nvm ls` will check all locally-available versions
+                # If there are multiple matching versions, take the latest one
+                # Remove the `->` and `*` characters and spaces
+                # `locally_resolved_nvm_version` will be `N/A` if no local versions are found
+                locally_resolved_nvm_version=$(nvm ls --no-colors "${nvm_version}" | command tail -1 | command tr -d '\->*' | command tr -d '[:space:]')
+
+                # If it is not already installed, install it
+                # `nvm install` will implicitly use the newly-installed version
+                if [ "${locally_resolved_nvm_version}" = 'N/A' ]; then
+                        nvm install "${nvm_version}";
+                elif [ "$(nvm current)" != "${locally_resolved_nvm_version}" ]; then
+                        nvm use "${nvm_version}";
+                fi
+        fi
+}
+
+alias cd='cdnvm'
+cdnvm "$PWD" || exit