Merge c74c74eb0a9f2a11015a00ce1551a290797b11dc into 5dc31ac51b08f910a2de1596b37a6a3dddd5e7b7

Let's say we have nvm installed in a separate mount, /.socket. NVM_DIR is $HOME/.nvm in /etc/profile.d/nvm.sh. With this setup, users can install Node versions to their home directories without each installing nvm.

nvm install --lts

This works fine as does nvm use --lts. When nvm exec is used though, it fails because it looks for nvm-exec in $NVM_DIR. First fix is to look for nvm-exec in $NVM_DIR. If NVM_DIR does not contain nvm-exec, check $BASH_SOURCE[0]. The second fix is to follow nvm-exec if a symbolic link to determine the proper location of nvm's home. Alternatively we could use a second environment variable, NVM_HOME in exec instead of relying on the directory name of nvm-exec.

nvm-exec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-DIR="$(command cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 
 unset NVM_CD_FLAGS
 

nvm.sh

@@ -700,10 +700,12 @@ nvm_ensure_version_installed() {
       nvm_err "N/A: version \"${PREFIXED_VERSION:-$PROVIDED_VERSION}\" is not yet installed."
     fi
     nvm_err ""
-    if [ "${IS_VERSION_FROM_NVMRC}" != '1' ]; then
-        nvm_err "You need to run \`nvm install ${PROVIDED_VERSION}\` to install and use it."
-      else
-        nvm_err 'You need to run `nvm install` to install and use the node version specified in `.nvmrc`.'
+    if [ "${PROVIDED_VERSION}" = 'lts' ]; then
+      nvm_err '`lts` is not an alias - you may need to run `nvm install --lts` to install and `nvm use --lts` to use it.'
+    elif [ "${IS_VERSION_FROM_NVMRC}" != '1' ]; then
+      nvm_err "You need to run \`nvm install ${PROVIDED_VERSION}\` to install and use it."
+    else
+      nvm_err 'You need to run `nvm install` to install and use the node version specified in `.nvmrc`.'
     fi
     return 1
   fi
@@ -4051,8 +4053,14 @@ nvm() {
           nvm_echo "Running node ${VERSION}$(nvm use --silent "${VERSION}" && nvm_print_npm_version)"
         fi
       fi
-      NODE_VERSION="${VERSION}" "${NVM_DIR}/nvm-exec" "$@"
+
+      NVM_EXEC="${NVM_DIR}/nvm-exec"
+      if [ ! -f "${NVM_EXEC}" ]; then
+        NVM_EXEC="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]-}")/nvm-exec"
+      fi
+      NODE_VERSION="${VERSION}" "${NVM_EXEC}" "$@"
     ;;
+
     "ls" | "list")
       local PATTERN
       local NVM_NO_COLORS

test/slow/nvm exec/Running 'nvm exec --lts' when NVM_DIR differs from nvm

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+die () { echo "$@" ; exit 1; }
+
+INSTPATH="$(mktemp -p "$(pwd)" -d)"
+trap 'test ! -z "${INSTPATH-}" && test -d "$INSTPATH" && rm -rf "$INSTPATH"' EXIT
+declare -x NVM_DIR=$INSTPATH
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+nvm install --lts || die 'nvm install --lts failed'
+nvm exec --lts npm --version || die "`nvm exec` failed to run"
+declare -x NODE_VERSION="$(nvm exec --lts --silent node --version)"
+
+ln -s ../../../../nvm-exec "$INSTPATH/nvm-exec" || die "failed to create a symlink to $INSTPATH/"
+"$INSTPATH/nvm-exec" npm ls > /dev/null || die "`nvm exec` failed to run using nvm-exec helper"
+

test/slow/nvm use/Running 'nvm use lts' shows actionable error

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+die () { echo "$@" ; exit 1; }
+
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+# Deactivate any active node version
+nvm deactivate >/dev/null 2>&1 || die 'deactivate failed'
+
+# Attempt to use 'lts' without '--' and capture the error message
+ERROR_OUTPUT=$(nvm use lts 2>&1) || true
+
+EXPECTED_ERROR='`lts` is not an alias - you may need to run `nvm install --lts` to install and `nvm use --lts` to use it.'
+
+# Check if the error message matches the expected output
+echo "$ERROR_OUTPUT" | grep -q "$EXPECTED_ERROR" \
+  || die "Expected error message not found. Got: $ERROR_OUTPUT"