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# lazyload nvm
# all props goes to http://broken-by.me/lazy-load-nvm/
# grabbed from reddit @ https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/4tg5jg/lazy_load_nvm_for_faster_shell_start/
lazynvm() {
unset -f nvm node npm npx
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
if [ -f "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ]; then
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion
fi
}
nvm() {
lazynvm
nvm $@
}
node() {
lazynvm
node $@
}
npm() {
lazynvm
npm $@
}
npx() {
lazynvm
npx $@
}
@throrin19
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throrin19 commented Feb 26, 2021

It works fine but vscode tasks does not works with lazy loading 👎

@laur89
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laur89 commented Jul 30, 2021

Any idea if this solution still has merit after nvm-sh/nvm#2317?
Edit, in my case with bash, it still beats the original/vanilla by ~0.4s

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This does not work incase a script is run directly ./script.js.
script.js looks like:

#!/usr/bin/env node
# everything else

because env tries to find node within current paths which is not updated by the nvm due to lazy load.

solution that I found works is to create individual shell script for each of the command in the path which would trigger lazynvm(). nvm will then initialize node path at the beginning of the $PATH so that the next node call will run the node from the right path.

# lazynvm.sh
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
# node.sh
. $(dirname "$0")/lazynvm
node $@

and then add both to $PATH in your .zshrc:

export PATH="~/lazy-load:$PATH"  # assuming both files are inside ~/lazy-load dir

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