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NVM environment variables - Error loading node module, Cannot find module

See original GitHub issue

Installed the extension and installed prettier globally.

user@host:~$ which prettier
/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/bin/prettier
user@host:~$ echo $NVM_BIN
/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/bin
user@host:~$ cd $NVM_BIN/../lib/node_modules/prettier/
user@host:~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/prettier$ ls
LICENSE          esm                parser-babel.js    parser-graphql.js   parser-postcss.js     third-party.js
README.md        index.js           parser-espree.js   parser-html.js      parser-typescript.js
bin-prettier.js  package.json       parser-flow.js     parser-markdown.js  parser-yaml.js
doc.js           parser-angular.js  parser-glimmer.js  parser-meriyah.js   standalone.js

But when setting prettier.prettierPath as $NVM_BIN/../lib/node_modules/prettier/ in VS Code settings, I end up with:

["ERROR" - timestamp] Error loading node module '/home/user/projectFolder/lib/node_modules/prettier/'
["ERROR" - timestamp] Cannot find module '/home/user/projectFolder/lib/node_modules/prettier/'

Instead, if I put ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/prettier, I end up with:

["ERROR" - timestamp] Error loading node module '/home/user/projectFolder/~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/prettier'
["ERROR" - timestamp] Cannot find module '/home/user/projectFolder/~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/prettier'

Putting /home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/prettier works but defeats the purpose of using NVM. I am not able to use environment variables in the path. It always seems to be adding the project folder path at the beginning of whatever I put. Am I doing it wrong or is it a bug?

OS: Windows 10 21H1 (19043.1052) + WSL 2 running Ubuntu 21.04 VS Code: 1.57.1 system setup prettier global version: 2.3.1 prettier-vscode version: 8.0.1