Support 'npm-g' as a global bin

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/npm.js b/bin/npm.js
index b50875734..32d74b34e 100755
--- a/bin/npm.js
+++ b/bin/npm.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ var fs = require("../lib/utils/graceful-fs")
   , types = configDefs.types
   , nopt = require("nopt")
 
+// if npm is called as "npmg" or "npm_g", then
+// run in global mode.
+if(path.basename(process.argv[1]).slice(-1)  === "g") {
+  process.argv.splice(1, 1, "npm", "-g")
+}
+
 log.verbose(process.argv, "cli")
 
 var conf = nopt(types, shorthands)