[Bug] webhint does not use .hintrc in project directory

[Mark-Hetherington]

🐞 Bug report

Description

After crearting a .hintrc using npm create hintrc neither npx hint or installing a local hint and running via npm webhint honours the configuration. Specifying -c .hintrc also does not seem to use the .hintrc.

Details

webhint:v6.1.4
Windows 10
.hintrc:

{
    "extends": [
        "web-recommended"
    ]
}

>dir .hintrc

 Directory of C:\wwwroot\kms

20/10/2021  04:23 PM                52 .hintrc

>npm run webhint -- -c .hintrc google.com.au

> [email protected] webhint C:\wwwroot\kms
> hint "-c" ".hintrc" "google.com.au"

Using the built-in configuration.

[Mark-Hetherington]

I don't know if this might be related to #3651?

[antross]

Thanks for the report @Mark-Hetherington!

I can confirm I appear to be seeing the same behavior. This feels more like a regression (though if it is it's been there awhile). I'm still digging in to see if I can figure out what's up.

FYI @sarvaje @molant

[antross]

@Mark-Hetherington I think this may have been related to #4837 as I no longer repro with the most recent webhint update. Can you confirm this appears to be fixed for you as well?

[Mark-Hetherington]

Hmm, no luck as yet.

v6.1.7
>npx hint -c .hintrc https://google.com.au
Using the built-in configuration.