From 61cc6541e8e1289c7050101b5324c0b52cb59d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Williams <jacob@iakob.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 01:01:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] set NVM_DIR to real path to avoid symlink issues

---
 nvm.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 4dd189a..c2bfb6c 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,28 @@ if [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 unset NVM_SCRIPT_SOURCE 2> /dev/null
 
+nvm_real_dir() {
+  local nvm_dir
+  nvm_dir="$1"
+
+  if [ "@$nvm_dir@" = "@@" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "NVM_DIR cannot be empty"
+    return 2
+  fi
+
+  local real_dir
+  real_dir=$(cd $nvm_dir && pwd -P)
+
+  if [ "@$real_dir@" = "@@" ] || [ ! -d $real_dir ]; then
+    >&2 echo "NVM_DIR is not a valid path"
+    return 2
+  fi
+
+  echo $real_dir
+}
+
+# Convert NVM_DIR to actual path if symlinked
+export NVM_DIR=$(nvm_real_dir $NVM_DIR)
 
 # Setup mirror location if not already set
 if [ -z "$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR" ]; then