CVM: The Cortex Version Manager
Version Manager for Cortex, the package manager for browsers.
- Allow processes with different versions of cortex, which is useful for CI
- Install and uninstall specified version of cortex
- Switch to an installed version in miniseconds
Install
$ npm install -g cvm
Support multiple processes
To use different versions for cortex for multiple processes, you need to source it from your shell:
source /path/to/cvm/cvm-use.sh
I always add this line to my ~/.bashrc
, ~/.profile
, or ~/.zshrc
file to have it automatically sourced upon login.
or
$ make install
Installing and Activate A Specific Version of Cortex
$ cvm 5.5.0
Install latest
$ cvm latest
Install by range
$ cvm 5.x
Usage
$ cvm --help
Cortex Version Manager
Usage: cvm [COMMAND] [args]
Commands:
cvm <version> Install and activate cortex@<version>
cvm install <version> Install cortex@<version>
cvm use <version> Activate cortex@<version>
cvm use Select from installed versions
cvm rm <version ...> Remove the given version(s)
cvm ls/list Show all available versions from remote server
-v, --version Output current version of cvm
-h, --help Display help information
For Developers
Turn on cvm
debug:
export CVM_DEBUG=1
Turn off:
export CVM_DEBUG=0
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2013 Kael Zhang i@kael.me, contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Change Log
- 0.2.0: Support multiple processes with different cortex versions
- 0.1.0: Basic commands