Adding `nvm_num_version_groups`

nvm.sh

@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ nvm_format_version() {
   echo "$1" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\)/v\1/g'
 }
 
+nvm_num_version_groups() {
+  local VERSION
+  VERSION="$1"
+  if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "0"
+    return
+  fi
+  local NVM_NUM_DOTS
+  NVM_NUM_DOTS=$(echo "$VERSION" | sed -e 's/^v//' | sed -e 's/\.$//' | sed -e 's/[^\.]//g')
+  local NVM_NUM_GROUPS
+  NVM_NUM_GROUPS=".$NVM_NUM_DOTS"
+  echo "${#NVM_NUM_GROUPS}"
+}
+
 nvm_strip_path() {
   echo "$1" | sed -e "s#$NVM_DIR/[^/]*$2[^:]*:##g" -e "s#:$NVM_DIR/[^/]*$2[^:]*##g" -e "s#$NVM_DIR/[^/]*$2[^:]*##g"
 }

test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_num_version_groups

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+die () { echo $@ ; exit 1; }
+
+. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups)" = "~0" ] || die "no args should give 0"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups a)" = "~1" ] || die "one letter should give 1"
+
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups 1)" = "~1" ] || die "1 should give 1"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1)" = "~1" ] || die "v1 should give 1"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1.)" = "~1" ] || die "v1. should give 1"
+
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups 1.2)" = "~2" ] || die "1.2 should give 2"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1.2)" = "~2" ] || die "v1.2 should give 2"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1.2.)" = "~2" ] || die "v1.2. should give 2"
+
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups 1.2.3)" = "~3" ] || die "1.2.3 should give 3"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1.2.3)" = "~3" ] || die "v1.2.3 should give 3"
+[ "~$(nvm_num_version_groups v1.2.3.)" = "~3" ] || die "v1.2.3. should give 3"
+