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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

9.0.0 (2022-07-16)

Changed

  • --preserve preserves corepack too (#736)

Added

  • optional N_PRESERVE_COREPACK to change default behaviour for preserving corepack (#736)

8.2.0 (2022-04-18)

Added

  • log before copying files during install (#720)

8.1.0 (2022-03-18)

Added

  • optional N_CACHE_PREFIX for separate location for downloaded files than install location (#717)

8.0.2 (2022-01-09)

Fixed

  • improved warning message when utility location hash may be holding old location to cover a wider range of shells including dash (#707)

8.0.1 (2021-12-04)

Fixed

  • improve error handling for tar extraction errors (#701)
  • add tar flag for compatibility with tar builds which do not default to stdin (#697)

8.0.0 (2021-10-23)

Changed

  • display error if version missing in version file for n auto and n engine (rather than fallback to current) (#693)

7.5.0 (2021-09-26)

Added

  • support for Corepack (which was added to Node.js in v16.9.0)

7.4.1 (2021-09-11)

Fixed

  • run commands from correct directory after --download causes a download

7.4.0 (2021-09-10)

Added

  • support for --download option to run and exec to download the target version when needed (#685)

7.3.1 (2021-07-25)

Changed

  • Improved README for new users missing expected folders in /usr/local (#679)

7.3.0 (2021-06-06)

Added

  • ls-remote supports engine and auto labels (#675)
  • reduce engine and auto logging with --quiet (#675)
  • add WSL support to README (#676)
  • support for Emacs up and down keys (ctrl-p and ctrl-n) (#669)

Changed

  • diagnostic logging during processing of engine and auto written to stderr rather than stdout (#675)

7.2.2 (2021-04-25)

Fixed

  • arrow key navigation of version menu when terminal in application mode (e.g. PowerShell on Mac) (#668)

7.2.1 (2021-04-19)

Added

  • install native arm64 Node.js on Macs with Apple silicon for Node.js 16 and higher (#664)

7.2.0 (2021-04-19) [YANKED]

Released off wrong branch, essentially same as 7.1.0.

7.1.0 (2021-03-12)

Added

  • support installs where /usr/local/share/man is a symlink (such as archlinux)
  • remove requirement for rsync for --preserve
  • avoid install pollution if user installs global packages when using n exec

7.0.2 (2021-02-27)

Fixed

  • consistently log to STDOUT (#654)

7.0.1 (2021-01-30)

Changed

  • update bats, and use bats-assert for better unit test failure messages

Fixed

  • fail to display error in some cases for missing both curl and wget (#649)

7.0.0 (2020-12-20)

Changed

  • auto label now scans for package.json only if it can not find a version control file (#644)

Added

  • engine label to look for engines.node in package.json (as used byauto) (#644)

Fixed

  • avoid colorized grep output via GREP_OPTIONS breaking version lookup (#643)

6.8.0 (2020-12-12)

Fixed

  • suppress unwanted warning during auto when using npx with npm 7
  • temporary fix for installing on Mac with Apple M1 chip, look for x64 versions of node as arm64 not available yet

6.7.1 (2020-11-25)

Fixed

  • detect and handle a failed download of full archive (#635)

6.7.0 (2020-07-25)

Added

  • auto support for:
    • .node-version
    • .nvmrc
    • engines field of package.json

6.6.0 (2020-07-04)

Added

  • labels for node support aliases, such as lts_latest

Fixed

  • Enable xz support by default for macOS 11+ (#624)

6.5.1 (2020-04-11)

Added

  • specify auto to read the target version from a .n-node-version file (i.e. change filename)

6.5.0 (2020-04-11) [YANKED]

Added

  • specify auto to read the target version from a .node-version file (#616)

6.4.0 (2020-03-10)

Added

  • treat armv8l as arm64 (#614)

6.3.1 (2020-02-25)

Fixed

  • remove old version of node before copy to avoid firewall issues on macOS (#394)

6.3.0 (2020-02-24)

Added

  • --preserve to preserve npm and npx during install of node (#587)

6.2.0 (2020-01-29)

Added

  • Downloads now default to using tarballs compressed by xz over gzip, if xz support detected. (#606 #607)

6.1.3 (2019-11-23)

Added

  • added How It Works to README

Changed

  • simplified layout for n doctor output

6.1.2 (2019-11-16)

Added

  • advice to reset command hash when node location changes (#170 #381 #451 #588)
  • in README describe raw download of n to bootstrap install of node and npm

6.1.1 (2019-11-10)

Fixed

  • Specify --no-same-owner for tarball extraction so cache files not owned by unexpected user (when run with sudo) (#593)

6.1.0 (2019-10-25)

Added

  • deletion of cached versions from menu using 'd' (#590)

6.0.1 (2019-08-20)

Fixed

  • allow options to come after commands, especially n lsr --all

6.0.0 (2019-08-16)

Added

  • version specified using release stream codenames, like argon (#423)
  • version specified using nightly et al (#376)
  • n exec for running arbitrary command with node and npm in PATH (#185)
  • n run with legacy aliases of as and use
  • n lsr for listing matching remote versions, limited to 20 by default (#383)
  • n doctor for displaying diagnostic information
  • n install for people used to other products with this command (#524)
  • --insecure to disable curl/wget certificate checks
  • added npm version to installed message (#210 #484 #574)

Changed

  • Breaking wget now checks certificates (secure by default, same as curl setup). (#475 #509)
  • failure messages go to stderr instead of stdout
  • prefixed N_NODE_MIRROR to eventually replace NODE_MIRROR
  • Breaking n ls now lists local download versions (rather than remote versions)
  • lookup available versions using index.tab rather than screen-scraping (#560)

Fixed

  • download errors display informative message, instead of just Invalid version (#482 #492 et al)
  • improve reliability of downloads from custom node mirrors, including removing broken is_oss_ok (#560)
  • restrict downloads to versions with architecture available (#463)

Removed

  • Breaking support for PROJECT_NAME and PROJECT_URL for custom downloads (#342)

5.0.2 (2019-08-02)

Added

  • instructions to bottom of menu version selection

5.0.1 (2019-07-20)

Changed

  • removed reference to prerelease version of v5.0.0 from README

5.0.0 (2019-07-20)

Added

  • log message after install from cache (previously silent)
  • extra logging after install if the active and installed node locations are different
  • support for NO_COLOR and CLICOLOR=0
  • suppress progress and colour if not interactive tty
  • define N_USE_XZ to download .xz compressed archives instead of .gz archives

Changed

  • reinstalling active node version always does reinstall (previously silently did nothing)
  • log message for installing using menu now same format as npm install message
  • updates to GitHub templates and guidelines for contributing et al

4.1.0 (2019-05-10)

Added

  • 'n uninstall` to remove node and npm
  • describe NODE_MIRROR in README

Removed

  • PROJECT_NAME and PROJECT_URL from README. First step to deprecating n project. Open an issue if you still need this!

4.0.0 (2019-05-05)

Only minor functional changes, but technically could break scripts relying on specific behaviour.

Fixed

  • remove trailing space from bin output #456

Added

  • development tests #545

Changed

  • internal: improve shell script based on ShellCheck suggestions, quoting variables use etc #187 #465
  • put single quote marks around parameters to clarify error messages #485
  • update terminology to be more careful with current/latest #522

3.0.2 (2019-04-07)

Added

  • instructions to avoid need for sudo when installing to /usr/local #416 #562

Fixed

  • permission denied errors when running read-only commands without sudo #416

3.0.1 (2019-04-05)

Added

  • install instruction using Homebrew (macOS) #534
  • Table of Contents to README #466

Fixed

  • lts lookup on node mirrors which don't purge old versions (e.g. taobao) #512
  • hide cursor while selecting version from menu #528

Removed

  • gitter badge from README, as gitter chatroom inactive
  • inactive Core Team from README
  • instructions for scripted install of npm from README, which should no longer be needed and not working on Mac #536

3.0.0 (2019-03-29)

Added

Changed

  • allow n rm of active version of node #541 #169 #327 #441
  • show more version examples in README, including partial version number #548
  • updated description of interactive version selection #518
  • make (old) stable an alias for lts #467 #335
  • replace use of which with more standard command -v #532

Fixed

  • error messages when selecting from version menu if active node version not listed #541 #292 #367 #391 #400
  • removed inappropriate shift from prune function #531 #529

Removed

  • Remove old io project support #516 #331