Gulp cannot parse .hintrc file - gulp

Question

When running this Gulp task
var gulp = require('gulp'),
util = require('gulp-util'), // For logging
print = require('gulp-print'), // For logging
jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
gulp.task('analyse', function () {
log('Analyzing source with JSHint')
gulp.src(paths.jsContent)
.pipe(print())
.pipe(jshint())
.pipe(jshint.reporter('jshint-stylish', { verbose: true }))
.pipe(jshint.reporter('fail'));
});
I get this output:
[14:43:26] Starting 'analyse'...
[14:43:26] Analyzing source with JSHint
[14:43:26] Finished 'analyse' after 32 ms
[gulp] Scripts\main.js
ERROR: Can't parse config file: C:\MyProject\src\MyProject.jshintrc
Error:SyntaxError: Unexpected token
The Gulp file I use is from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnpapa/pluralsight-gulp/master/.jshintrc and looks like:
{
"bitwise": true,
"camelcase": true,
"curly": true,
"eqeqeq": true,
"es3": false,
"forin": true,
"freeze": true,
"immed": true,
"indent": 4,
"latedef": "nofunc",
"newcap": true,
"noarg": true,
"noempty": true,
"nonbsp": true,
"nonew": true,
"plusplus": false,
"quotmark": "single",
"undef": true,
"unused": false,
"strict": false,
"maxparams": 10,
"maxdepth": 5,
"maxstatements": 40,
"maxcomplexity": 8,
"maxlen": 120,
"asi": false,
"boss": false,
"debug": false,
"eqnull": true,
"esnext": false,
"evil": false,
"expr": false,
"funcscope": false,
"globalstrict": false,
"iterator": false,
"lastsemic": false,
"laxbreak": false,
"laxcomma": false,
"loopfunc": true,
"maxerr": 50,
"moz": false,
"multistr": false,
"notypeof": false,
"proto": false,
"scripturl": false,
"shadow": false,
"sub": true,
"supernew": false,
"validthis": false,
"noyield": false,
"browser": true,
"node": true,
"globals": {
"angular": false
}
}
Can this be solved?

Answer 1

Just replace your .jshintrc file with the original from John's repo and you will be fine.