@shadowspawn/nvh - npm Package Versions

[6.0.2] (2018-09-23)

Added

• automated test coverage

Fixed

• removed references to numeric release streams (e.g. v7.x) from documentation

[6.0.1] (2018-09-15)

Fixed

• run and which always failing

[6.0.0] (2018-09-15)

Added

• nvh cache clear remove all downloaded versions
• nvh cache prune remove all downloaded versions except the installed version (replacing nvh prune)

Changed

• using index.tab on mirror rather than scraping html page to find remote versions
• more accurate and informative error messages for failed curl/wget operations, including
  • show curl errors
  • show remote url for failed curl/wget operations
• narrowing candidate versions to ones matching platform
  • inspired by tj/n#463, and problems with nightly
• change terminology from "stash" to "cache"

Deprecated

• nvh prune (replaced by nvh cache prune)

Removed

• numbered release streams like 'v8.x': instead, use incomplete version like '8'

[5.0.0] (2018-08-19)

Removed

• NVH_USER and NVH_PASSWORD: instead, include in NVH_NODE_MIRROR)
• NVH_PROXY_USER and NVH_PROXY_PASSWORD: instead, include in proxy url or .curlrc or .wgetrc

[4.2.0] (2018-08-11)

Changed

• refactored documentation and extended proxy tips

Deprecated

• NVH_USER and NVH_PASSWORD: instead, include in NVH_NODE_MIRROR)
• NVH_PROXY_USER and NVH_PROXY_PASSWORD: instead, include in proxy url or .curlrc or .wgetrc

[4.1.0] (2018-08-04)

Added

• support for NO_COLOR and CLICOLOR=0
• more checks in nvh doctor
• --insecure option, sometimes needed for working through proxy servers

Changed

• suppress ansi colours when stdout is not a terminal

[4.0.0] (2018-07-29)

Major changes to install:

• now requiring explicit install command like nvh install lts
• install implementation is now using rsync

Added

• instructions at bottom of nvh version selection
• allow options after command, as well as before
• current as alias for latest
  • #2
  • inspired by tj/n#522
• docs for using proxy
• environment variables for proxy username and password
  • inspired by tj/n#503
• autodetect whether to show progress based on whether displaying to a terminal

Changed

• requiring explicit nvh install <version> command, rather than implicit nvh <version>
• switched install implementation to rsync. This is a significant change and a new dependency for minimal installs, but allows improving some behaviours in a consistent way.
  • fix --preserve when there are links in destination #1
  • symbolic link below top level tj/n#100
  • symbolic link at top level tj/n#227
  • rejected rsync dependency tj/n#104
• adopting suggestions of shellcheck (ongoing work-in-progress)
  • inspired by tj/n#465
• changed preflight test before download to remove broken code and reduce calls for mirrors using redirects
  • inspired by tj/n#479
• --preserve now works with interactive version selection too
• put single speech mark around supplied argument in error messages
  • inspired by tj/n#485
• reworked implementation of curl and wget commands

Removed

• unimplemented right-arrow from README instructions for interactive version selection
• --no-check-certificate for wget, secure by default, matching curl treatment
  • tj/n#509
  • tj/n#475
• --quiet option

[3.0.0] (2018-07-15)

Changes from tj/n v2.1.12

Added

• add support for preserving npm+npx during install (-p | --preserve)
  • tj/n#513
• support for recognition of arm64 and aarch64 architectures
  • tj/n#448
• support more versions
  • codenames (e.g. carbon)
    • tj/n#515
  • release streams (e.g. v8.x)
    • tj/n#515
  • folders on downloads mirror using syntax <folder>/<release>
    • e.g. nightly tj/n#376
    • e.g. chakracore-release tj/n#480
• added logging to install when no download required
  • tj/n#198
• support partial version numbers with which and run (e.g. 8)
  • tj/n#252
• (developer) .gitignore .editorconfig .markdownlint.js
• nvh ls-remote [version] to lookup matching downloadable versions
• nvh doctor to show useful diagnostics

Changed

• fix --lts for mirrors with multiple versions in release stream folders
  • tj/n#512
• changed error message for which and run to include specified and matching version
• removed trailing space from which output
  • tj/n#456
• fixed partial number lookups so 6.1 matches 6.1.0 (not 6.14.3)
• (internal) share lookups for install/which/run/rm so consistent behaviour (such as partial number lookups)
• remove old iojs support from code and help
  • tj/n#516
• changed environment variable names
  • N_PREFIX to NVH_PREFIX
  • NODE_MIRROR changed to NVH_NODE_MIRROR
  • HTTP_USER changed to NVH_NODE_MIRROR_USER
  • HTTP_PASSWORD changed to NVH_NODE_MIRROR_PASSWORD
• changed cache versions directory from n/versions to nvh/versions
• n use and n as changed to nvh run (as per nvm and nvs)
• nvh ls lists downloaded versions
• nvh ls-remote replaces n ls
• error messages to STDERR
• limit number of versions listed by ls-remote
  • tj/n#383

Removed

• removed support for deprecated stable version
  • tj/n#354
  • comments in tj/n#322
  • tj/n#467
• removed support for n project (and PROJECT_NAME and PROJECT_VERSION_CHECK)
• Makefile
• n --latest replaced by nvh lsr latest
• n --lts replaced by nvh lsr lts
• alias of bin for which
• alias of - for rm
• --download option
• --arch option