Migrating from asdf and direnv to mise

For managing versions of development tools like Ruby and Node.js, I had gone through *env tools like rbenv and nodenv, then switched to asdf in 2019. For environment variable management, I had been...

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Migrating from asdf and direnv to mise

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For managing versions of development tools like Ruby and Node.js, I had gone through *env tools like rbenv and nodenv, then switched to asdf in 2019. For environment variable management, I had been using direnv since even earlier—2014. Recently, a tool called mise has been gaining attention. I wasn't particularly having issues, but out of curiosity and the motivation to reduce the number of tools—since I heard mise also has direnv-like functionality—I decided to make the switch. My environment is macOS. jdx / mise dev tools, env vars, task runner What is mise? mise (pronounced "meez") is a tool that handles both development tool version management and environment variable management in one place. It provides asdf-compatible runtime management along with direnv-equivalent environment variable management. Here are the notable features I found after using it: Can read .tool-versions (.ruby-version etc. requires configuration, described later) Can define environment variables and task runn

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