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by karmakaze 784 days ago
Ok, so then it's like a package manager manager. Does it update each package manager's lock files too?

Thanks all for the replies. And sorry if I'm asking basic questions and should just read the asdf readme. On my custom layout I have to type A-S-R-H to get asdf.
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RulerOf 784 days ago
> Ok, so then it's like a package manager manager.

Still no. asdf manages the versions of the runtimes themselves. E.g. I have a project that uses ruby 2.7.2 and Terraform 1.1.7. If I'm using asdf, I declare this in the .tool-versions file of the project, and then when I navigate to that directory, every invocation of `ruby` or `terraform` will run those exact versions.

Separately, packages (Ruby Gems, Python packages, etc) will also be isolated per-version of each runtime, but that's a side effect rather than the goal with asdf.

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ufmace 783 days ago
Actually no, it manages the versions of the languages themselves, but doesn't interact with their package managers at all. The .tool-versions file it uses to mark the current version could be thought of as a lock file as well. It replaces (for Ruby) rbenv/rvm, not rubygems. Rustup, not Cargo, etc.
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