Missing global options

[kevincolten]

I've installed csslint via npm.

In my .csslintrc, (here's a sample)

{
    "adjoining-classes": false
}

I get this error

$ csslint ./**/*.css
adjoining-classes is not a valid option. Exiting...

When I console.log(globalOptions), I only see

{ help: { format: '', description: 'Displays this information.' },
  format:
   { format: '<format>',
     description: 'Indicate which format to use for output.' },
  'list-rules':
   { format: '',
     description: 'Outputs all of the rules available.' },
  quiet:
   { format: '',
     description: 'Only output when errors are present.' },
  errors:
   { format: '<rule[,rule]+>',
     description: 'Indicate which rules to include as errors.' },
  warnings:
   { format: '<rule[,rule]+>',
     description: 'Indicate which rules to include as warnings.' },
  ignore:
   { format: '<rule[,rule]+>',
     description: 'Indicate which rules to ignore completely.' },
  'exclude-list':
   { format: '<file|dir[,file|dir]+>',
     description: 'Indicate which files/directories to exclude from being linted.' },
  config:
   { format: '<file>',
     description: 'Reads csslint options from specified file.' },
  version:
   { format: '',
     description: 'Outputs the current version number.' } }

Which is, in fact, missing adjoining-classes and every other option found in the sample .csslintrc.

Am I missing something an install step somewhere?

[michaelalhilly]

I'm experiencing the same.

[rbecheras]

Me too, and even with command line options

[rbecheras]

Ok I just solved my problem. The format of the .csslintrc has changed.

It isn't a JSON file anymore. Instead you must use the command line options format, one line by option.

Here an example:

--errors=bulletproof-font-face,display-property-grouping,duplicate-background-images,duplicate-properties,empty-rules,floats,outline-none,font-faces,ids,import,important,known-properties,qualified-headings,regex-selectors,shorthand,star-property-hack,text-indent,underscore-property-hack,unique-headings,vendor-prefix,zero-units
--warnings=compatible-vendor-prefixes,fallback-colors,font-sizes,gradients,non-link-hover,overqualified-elements
--ignore=adjoining-classes,box-model,box-sizing,unqualified-attributes,universal-selector

Now it works for me.

[rbecheras]

@XhmikosR , I guess this issue can be closed now.

[adambullmer]

Looks like they still support .csslintrc files, but with the added granularity of ignore, error, warning means you will need to add those grouping keys to your config file. E.x.

{
  "ignore": [
    "adjoining-classes"
  ],
  "warnings": [
  ],
  "errors": [
  ]
}

Because of the 3 possible levels per option, they just want a list of things, rather than requiring what is used under the hood.

[trisys3]

When I change this, I now get:

/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/csslint-node.js:3286
                output += "\n" + message.evidence;
                               ^

RangeError: Invalid string length
    at /home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/csslint-node.js:3286:32
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Object.CSSLint.Util.forEach (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/csslint-node.js:577:27)
    at Object.CSSLint.addFormatter.formatResults (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/csslint-node.js:3278:22)
    at processFile (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/cli.js:183:32)
    at /home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/cli.js:264:36
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at processFiles (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/cli.js:262:23)
    at cli (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/cli.js:401:14)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/smoran/lib/node_modules/csslint/dist/cli.js:417:1)

My .csslintrc file is:

{
    "errors": [
        ...errors
    ],
    "ignore": [
        ...ignored rules
    ],
    "warnings": [
        ...warnings
    ]
}

[trisys3]

This is probably irrelevant, but I get the same error when I have no .csslintrc file.

[Kristinita]

@XhmikosR , @eriwen , @tomasz-oponowicz , @nschonni , please, update wiki page, that old .csslintrc format don't work now.

Thanks.