😒 nvmermind

Uninstall old versions of Node.js (as installed by nvm) while keeping the latest of each major version.

If you have a stinking bonepile of old Node.js versions in your ~/.nvm folder, this script takes out the trash.

Install

You could install this, but maybe better to...

Usage

Run:

npx nvmermind

nvmermind will keep the latest installed version of each major it finds.

Example: if you have v14.16.1 and v14.17.0 installed, it will remove v14.16.1 and keep v14.17.0.

nvmermind will show you:

• what would be removed
• what will be kept
• how much disk space you'll recover

nvmermind will confirm with you (a human) before blasting anything away.

API

There's an "API", sure. You can require('nvmermind'), but I don't feel like documenting it. Maybe next week? There are some docstrings, which is better than nothing.

New in v1.0.0: There are types now; look at those if you want. I'm still not gonna document it.

Usage Notes

• Removal uses nvm uninstall, which does its thing safely and methodically (read: slowly).
• nvmermind accepts no options, arguments, flags, or anything else. There is no man page and no --help.
• This should work on Windows insofar as nvm works on Windows.

Acknowledgments

• I stole some code from Wes Todd's nvmjs. I should probably send a PR.

License

Copyright © 2021 Christopher "boneskull" Hiller. Licensed Apache-2.0