Shims: How they work in mise-en-place

Assuming you’ve setup mise and have it configured in a couple of projects to switch between different versions of node, that will happen automatically when entering the project directories: $ cd ~/src/proj1 $ node -v 20.0.0 $ cd ~/src/proj2 $ node -v 18.0.0 The way that mise is able to switch this version depends on whether you’ve activated mise with shims or not. In this article, I’ll explain how these methods work under the hood and the pros and cons of using them.