From d815374dbd4aa1ccbdc27ad9576d4bf455c4dbe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sascha=20Fr=C3=B6hlich?= <saschafroehlich@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 19:45:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md

Added an example for automatically executing nvm use in bash.
---
 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d0f07d..10a2cc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   - [.nvmrc](#nvmrc)
   - [Deeper Shell Integration](#deeper-shell-integration)
     - [zsh](#zsh)
-      - [Calling `nvm use` automatically in a directory with a `.nvmrc` file](#calling-nvm-use-automatically-in-a-directory-with-a-nvmrc-file)
+    - [bash](#bash)
 - [License](#license)
 - [Running tests](#running-tests)
 - [Bash completion](#bash-completion)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ If you're running a system without prepackaged binary available, which means you
  - [bass](https://github.com/edc/bass) allows you to use utilities written for Bash in fish shell
  - [fast-nvm-fish](https://github.com/brigand/fast-nvm-fish) only works with version numbers (not aliases) but doesn't significantly slow your shell startup
  - [plugin-nvm](https://github.com/derekstavis/plugin-nvm) plugin for [Oh My Fish](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish), which makes nvm and its completions available in fish shell
- - [fnm](https://github.com/fisherman/fnm) - [fisherman](https://github.com/fisherman/fisherman)-based version manager for fish 
+ - [fnm](https://github.com/fisherman/fnm) - [fisherman](https://github.com/fisherman/fisherman)-based version manager for fish
 
 **Note:** We still have some problems with FreeBSD, because there is no official pre-built binary for FreeBSD, and building from source may need [patches](https://www.freshports.org/www/node/files/patch-deps_v8_src_base_platform_platform-posix.cc); see the issue ticket:
  - [[#900] [Bug] nodejs on FreeBSD may need to be patched ](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/900)
@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ If you prefer a lighter-weight solution, the recipes below have been contributed
 
 #### zsh
 
-##### Calling `nvm use` automatically in a directory with a `.nvmrc` file
-
 Put this into your `$HOME/.zshrc` to call `nvm use` automatically whenever you enter a directory that contains an
 `.nvmrc` file with a string telling nvm which node to `use`:
 
@@ -380,6 +378,24 @@ add-zsh-hook chpwd load-nvmrc
 load-nvmrc
 ```
 
+#### bash
+
+Put this into your `$HOME/.bashrc` to call `nvm use` automatically whenever you enter a directory that contains an
+`.nvmrc` file with a string telling nvm which node to use:
+
+```bash
+# place this after nvm initialization!
+cd() {
+	if [ -z "$1" ]
+	then
+		builtin cd
+	else
+		builtin cd $1
+	fi
+	[ -f ".nvmrc" ] && [ -s ".nvmrc" ] && nvm use
+}
+```
+
 ## License
 
 nvm is released under the MIT license.