6.0.0

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)

6.0.0-1 Prerelease

Fixed

• extra arguments to the new commands introduced in 6.0.0-0 were being further processed, so n ls 8 would list local versions then install 8

6.0.0-0 Prerelease

(Released as 6.0.0)

5.0.2

Added

• instructions to bottom of menu version selection

5.0.1

Changed

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

5.0.0

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

5.0.0-next.0

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

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

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

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

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