From 22a5603976f0b60642ef56f51ed116a2a63de68e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Ruoff <ThomasRuoff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:07:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] change to using a ~/local directory for node modules and
 executables

---
 npmrc |  1 +
 zshrc | 13 ++++---------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 npmrc

diff --git a/npmrc b/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73b78c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prefix = ~/local
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index d039c0d..da3f038 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -30,14 +30,9 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 
 # Customize to your needs...
 
-# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
-if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
-    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
-fi
+# use $HOME/local as default prefix for npm global installs
+HOME_LOCAL=$HOME/local
 
-# local node install
-NODE_PATH="$HOME/.nave/current"
-if [ -d $NODE_PATH ] ; then
-    PATH="$NODE_PATH/bin:$PATH"
-    export NODE_PATH
+if [ -d "$HOME_LOCAL/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME_LOCAL/bin:$PATH"
 fi