Just a minor quibble, the node/iojs fracture seems to have been healed but it's not possible to remove these aliases:
$ nvm ls
v4.4.2
-> v5.10.0
default -> stable (-> v5.10.0)
lts -> 4 (-> v4.4.2)
stable -> 5 (-> v5.10.0)
node -> stable (-> v5.10.0) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
$ nvm alias node
node -> stable (-> v5.10.0) (default)
$ nvm alias iojs
iojs -> N/A (default)
$ nvm unalias node
Alias node doesn't exist!
$ nvm unalias iojs
Alias iojs doesn't exist!
$ nvm --version
0.31.0
macgyver
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That's correct, default aliases can not be removed. You can override them, but you can't eliminate them entirely.
ljharb
on 4 Apr 2016
so.. working as intended?
why does there need to be a concept of "default" aliases? If you do need to keep them around, lts and stable would be more useful default aliases to me than node and iojs
macgyver
on 4 Apr 2016
lts is a bit more complicated - see #870 for that one.
As for "stable" - everything in semver is stable, so if I removed anything, I'd remove that, and just leave node (or call it latest).
Without the default aliases for iojs and node, there'd be no way to target one flavor over the other. It may not be as useful now, but I personally still test all my modules on iojs, plus I wouldn't want to break compatibility just so nvm alias has fewer lines in it :-)
ljharb
on 4 Apr 2016
Heh, word. I dunno if anybody would really mind though, maybe consider it for your next major release version? The ecosystem changes so frequently and every users' needs are so unique, it seems like defaulting the alias system to a completely empty state and relying on the users to populate their own aliases is the only really sure way to fill everybody's needs
macgyver
on 4 Apr 2016
1080 is for a request to remove iojs - I'm going to close this for now since it's a bit broader of an issue.
Please reopen if needed!
ljharb
on 26 Jun 2016
I also though I found an issue here. At least the message should be more clear and instead of "Alias iojs doesn't exist!" say "Alias iojs is a default alias and can not be removed!"
jesucarr
on 8 Jun 2017
Improving the error messages is always appreciated; if you'd like to open a PR that'd be great!
ljharb
on 9 Jun 2017
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I also though I found an issue here. At least the message should be more clear and instead of "Alias iojs doesn't exist!" say "Alias iojs is a default alias and can not be removed!"