Default $NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT to off (create a "current" symlink on `use`).
Fixes #499.
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 3adb690..63030d7 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=http://nodejs.org/dist nvm install 0.10
-`nvm use` will, by defaut, create a "current" symlink. Set `$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT` to any value other than "true" to disable this behavior.
+`nvm use` will not, by default, create a "current" symlink. Set `$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT` to "true" to enable this behavior, which is sometimes useful for IDEs.
## License
diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 7d53ea7..6c7a66c 100644
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
export NODE_PATH
export NVM_PATH="$NVM_VERSION_DIR/lib/node"
export NVM_BIN="$NVM_VERSION_DIR/bin"
- if [ "$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT" = true ] || [ -z "$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT" ]; then
+ if [ "$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT" = true ]; then
rm -f "$NVM_DIR/current" && ln -s "$NVM_VERSION_DIR" "$NVM_DIR/current"
fi
echo "Now using node $VERSION"
diff --git "a/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should create and change the \"current\" symlink" "b/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should create and change the \"current\" symlink"
index 781eb94..d5fda3c 100755
--- "a/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should create and change the \"current\" symlink"
+++ "b/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should create and change the \"current\" symlink"
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/bash
+export NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true
. ../../nvm.sh
rm -rf ../../v0.10.29
diff --git "a/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should not create the \"current\" symlink if $NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT is false" "b/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should not create the \"current\" symlink if $NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT is false"
index 23bbe38..4ac8b4b 100755
--- "a/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should not create the \"current\" symlink if $NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT is false"
+++ "b/test/fast/Running \"nvm use x\" should not create the \"current\" symlink if $NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT is false"
@@ -45,39 +45,40 @@
NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=false
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=false!"
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=false!"
registerExpectedNoSymlink $?
NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent || echo "Expected 'current' symlink to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true!"
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent || echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true!"
registerExpectedSymlink $?
NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=garbagevalue
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT contains a string!"
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT contains a string!"
registerExpectedNoSymlink $?
NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=0
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=0!"
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=0!"
registerExpectedNoSymlink $?
NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=1
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=1!"
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=1!"
registerExpectedNoSymlink $?
unset NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT
cleanup
runNvmUse
-isCurrentSymlinkPresent || echo "Expected 'current' symlink to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT has been unset (default behaviour)!"
-registerExpectedSymlink $?
+isCurrentSymlinkPresent && echo >&2 "Expected 'current' symlink not to be created when NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT has been unset (default behaviour)!"
+registerExpectedNoSymlink $?
cleanup
[ ${TEST_FAILED} -ne 0 ] && echo "${TEST_COUNT} tested, ${TEST_PASSED} passed, ${TEST_FAILED} failed" && exit 1 || true
+
