allow optional appendment to shell configurations

[xenoterracide]

I'm using zinit to install nvm, zinit allows things to be run lazily and can execute scripts, and load/unload completions, as well as keep track of them. I am also using yadm, yadm manages dotfiles, so the zshrc that's being modified is actually just a copy of a template that may later be overwritten. It'd be nice if I could run the installer without writing to my ~/.zshrc

[ljharb]

I'm not familiar with any of those tools, and please note that nvm is 100% unsupported unless you use the install script in the readme.

You can set PROFILE=/dev/null when running the install script, and it won't attempt to write to a profile file, but then you'll have to source nvm.sh on your own.

[xenoterracide]

I'm just suggesting that you allow us to configure the installer to disable the appending, why can't that be possible, it's certainly an easy change

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[ljharb]

It is already configurable, by setting the PROFILE env var to /dev/null, as I explained.

[xenoterracide]

sorry, I missed that... somehow... mah bad. But now I'm using that and it's not adding the lines, I'm only executing nvm.sh, but somehow I'm still getting completions, not that I don't want completions, but I'm rather perplexed. deleted my nvm dir, deleted ~/.zinit, and exited my terminal, just to be sure all of the in memory stuff and cached configs and whatever were cleared out. still there.

oh I see, I have a plugin already installed that's already loading some completions for nvm, not sure if they're a direct copy from here or not, but kinda good that I'm no longer loading both.

[jvzaniolo]

@xenoterracide can you paste your solution to work with zinit?

[xenoterracide]

Uh.... I have no idea anymore... But you can check out xenoterracide/dotfiles . Also zinit is dead you should look at the z-shell repos for zi Which is just a copy to an organization.

[milesfrain]

For reference here's a one-liner for installing nvm without appending to shell config:

PROFILE=/dev/null bash -c 'curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash'

Created #3100 to add this to readme.