New Stuff
- `nvm install`: add `--latest-npm` option to automatically try to upgrade to the latest working version of `npm`
- add support for `$NVM_DIR/default-packages` file (#1463)
- Introduce Docker environment for nvm (#1472, #1575)
- Print $TERM_PROGRAM in nvm debug if it exists (#1578)
- `install.sh`: Speedup process to install nvm from git by dropping commit history (#1476)
- `install.sh`: Add `--auto` to git gc to speed up install & upgrade (#1576)
- `install.sh`: Clean up git reflog history before git gc (#1579)
- `install.sh`: install bash_completion via script method (#1588)
Fixes
- `set -u`: ensure that potentially unbound variables aren’t called unchecked (#1363, #1516)
- ensure if `npm link` fails, that `$IFS` is not improperly set (#1519)
- set IFS to default for all nvm commands (#1227, #1244, #1514, #1518)
- `set -u`: when `ALIAS` is unset, don’t reference an unbound variable (#1526)
- Fix `--version` help text (#1538)
- enable curl compression only on curl >=7.21.0 (#1550)
- `nvm install -s`: properly precompute clang version (#1554)
- curl should fail if something wrong (#1556, #1557)
- Adjust $CURL_COMPRESSED_FLAG usage for curl (#1562, #1567)
- `set -u`: `nvm install`/`nvm use`: fix unbound vars (#1587)
- [bash completion] add missing `install-latest-npm`; remove undocumented `clear-cache` (#1564)
Documentation
- move the install script to the top; put the notes in a separate section
- Install script - Improve installation guide (#1544)
- bump sample version numbers (#1539)
- add note about Linux troubleshooting (#1566)
- updated to reflect current script output (#1574)
Testing
- Fix cache for WITHOUT_CURL tests in Travis (#1529)
