EditorConfig Defaults

Description of the file format

{
  "file_format": "1.0",
  "version":"0.1.0",
  "matches": {
    "<<matcher>>": {
      "description": "<<description>>",
      "comment": "<<comment>>",
      "flavors": {
        "<<flavor>>": {
          "description": "<<description>>",
          "comment": "<<comment>>",
          "reference": "<<reference>>",
          "editorconfig": {
            "<<setting>>": "<<value>>"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Where

• matcher stands for the default files-glob the section defines; the format should allow to use it to filter the defaults based on a list of files. This is what goes between [ and ] in the editorconfig-file.
• flavors stands for the given flavor name; it should be used to let the user choose the preferred style; the using tool might omit showing it if there is only one flavor (f.e. common or convention) for the section.
• setting and value are the editorconfig-settings for that flavor; they should be used to populate the editorconfig-file. value can be a string, boolean or int value.
• description contains the plain-text description of that flavor; it should be used as an introductory description of the flavor.
• reference is the reference to the source of the flavor; it should a URL that leads to a authoritative description of the flavor.
• comment can be placed within a <<matcher>> and <<flavor>> and is an optional string.

Linting

To perform all the checks that are available:

npm install
npm run lint

To validate the JSON without node, there are several sites available like https://www.jsonschemavalidator.net/ and https://jsonschemalint.com/