nvm keeps "forgetting" node in new terminal session

Question

Upon using a new terminal session in OS X, nvm forgets the node version and defaults to nothing:

$ nvm ls:

         .nvm      v0.11.12      v0.11.13 

I have to keep hitting nvm use v.0.11.13 in every session:

         .nvm      v0.11.12 ->   v0.11.13 

I've tried both the brew install, as well as the official installation script.

My .profile for the brew version:

#nvm export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh 

And for the install.sh script:

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.10.0/install.sh | bash

#nvm export NVM_DIR="/Users/farhad/.nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm 

Any clue to what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try nvm alias default. For example:

$ nvm alias default 0.12.7

This sets the default node version in your shell. Then verify that the change persists by closing the shell window, opening a new one, then: node --version

Answer 2

Alias to node itself to avoid updating the default alias along with node version updates later on.

nvm alias default node