Bug: npm init @eslint/config generates broken-by-default config file

[ChristopherJTrent]

Environment

Node version: 21.6.2 npm version: 10.5.2 Local ESLint version: 9.0.0 Global ESLint version: 9.0.0 Operating System: Arch Linux

Node and npm installed using asdf v0.14.0

What parser are you using?

Default (Espree)

What did you do?

I ran npm init @eslint/config and followed the prompts to create a configuration file

What did you expect to happen?

I expected it to generate a valid eslint 9 configuration file

What actually happened?

it generated a non-eslint 9 compatible config file

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

https://github.com/ChristopherJTrent/eslint_example

Participation

• [ ] I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

Additional comments

No response

[Rec0iL99]

Hi @ChristopherJTrent, can you try running npm init @eslint/config@latest? My guess is that you are using an old version of the create-config utility. Using @latest will fetch the latest version from npm.

[ChristopherJTrent]

So, that generates a valid config file, but installs ESLint 8 as a dependency for all of the available templates