https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases

Create aliases for nodenv Node versions
https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases

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Create aliases for nodenv Node versions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases
• Owner: nodenv
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-06-05T01:38:16.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-01T11:55:45.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-07T04:08:34.745Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: hacktoberfest
• Language: Shell
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• Stars: 39
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# nodenv-aliases

A [nodenv][] plugin to create and manage aliases for Node versions.

[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/nodenv/nodenv-aliases/test.yml?label=tests&logo=github)](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases/actions/workflows/test.yml)

[![Latest GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/nodenv/nodenv-aliases?label=github&logo=github&sort=semver)](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases/releases/latest)

[![Latest Homebrew Release]()](https://github.com/nodenv/homebrew-nodenv/blob/main/Formula/nodenv-aliases.rb)

[![Latest npm Release](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@nodenv/nodenv-aliases?logo=npm&logoColor=white)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nodenv/nodenv-aliases/v/latest)

Invoke `nodenv alias  ` to make a symbolic link from `` to

`` in the [nodenv][] versions directory, effectively creating an

alias. The cool part is that if you pass in a major or major.minor release as the name, you

can give `--auto` to link to the latest installed minor or patch level (respectively). For example,

`nodenv alias 4.4 --auto` will automatically create an alias from `4.4` to

`4.4.7` (or to whatever is the most recent version you have installed). Similarly,

`nodenv alias 6 --auto` will automatically create an alias from `6` to

`6.10.3` (or to whatever is the most recent version you have installed).

Plus, if you're using [node-build][], `nodenv install major.minor.patch`

automatically invokes `nodenv alias major --auto` and

`nodenv alias major.minor --auto`, so you'll always have

up to date aliases.

- [Installation](#installation)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Credits](#credits)

## Installation

    git clone https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-aliases.git $(nodenv root)/plugins/nodenv-aliases

## Usage

Create a `major` and `major.minor` alias for each installed major and minor release:

    nodenv alias --auto

Create a `major` alias for the highest major release of, say 6:

    nodenv alias 6 --auto

Create a `major.minor` alias for the highest minor release of, say 0.8:

    nodenv alias 0.8 --auto

Create a `major.minor.patch-pre` alias for the highest prerelease of, say 8:

    nodenv alias 8.0.0-rc --auto

Create a named alias for a specific release:

    nodenv alias boron 6

Remove an alias:

    nodenv unalias 

or

    nodenv alias  --remove

## Credits

Forked from [Tim Pope][tpope]'s [rbenv-aliases][] by [Jason Karns][jasonkarns] and modified for nodenv.

[nodenv]: https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv

[node-build]: https://github.com/nodenv/node-build

[rbenv-aliases]: https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases

[tpope]: https://github.com/tpope

[jasonkarns]: https://github.com/jasonkarns