From 90387bf180bf4bb28ac218fdce5dd0157df0eed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriele Di Stefano <gabriele.ds@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:48:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add support for NPM

---
 nvm.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 1a193f7..311699b 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ nvm()
       echo "    nvm alias [<pattern>]       Show all aliases beginning with <pattern>"
       echo "    nvm alias <name> <version>  Set an alias named <name> pointing to <version>"
       echo "    nvm unalias <name>          Deletes the alias named <name>"
+      echo "    nvm npm <version> [<args>]  Run NPM within node <version> with <args> as arguments"
       echo "    nvm copy-packages <version> Install global NPM packages contained in <version> to current version"
       echo
       echo "Example:"
@@ -350,6 +351,20 @@ nvm()
       echo "Running node $VERSION"
       $NVM_DIR/$VERSION/bin/node "${@:3}"
     ;;
+    "npm" )
+      # run npm within the given version of node
+      if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+        nvm help
+        return
+      fi
+      VERSION=`nvm_version $2`
+      if [ ! -d $NVM_DIR/$VERSION ]; then
+        echo "$VERSION version is not installed yet"
+        return;
+      fi
+      echo "Running NPM within node $VERSION"
+      $NVM_DIR/$VERSION/bin/npm "${@:3}"
+    ;;
     "ls" | "list" )
       print_versions "`nvm_ls $2`"
       if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then

From 127acaafecf3e3a1c9874cf574d554b38b194219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriele Di Stefano <gabriele.ds@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:55:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README for NPM support

---
 README.markdown | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 44474fd..4f6b069 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ To set a default Node version to be used in any new shell, use the alias 'defaul
 
     nvm alias default 0.6
 
+To use NPM within the given node version:
+
+    nvm npm 0.6.14
+
 ## License
 
 Nvm is released under the MIT license.