eslint not ignoring node_modules and getting error when try to lint

Question

I'm trying to implement eslint in a Next.js project.The file structure look like below

.eslintignore
.eslintrc.js
.next
.prettierrc
.stylelintrc.js
components
forms
modals
modules
node_modules

And I have node_modules/* in my .eslintignore file. When I try to lint these by eslint --fix /sources/**/*.js I am getting below error

You are linting "/sources/node_modules/ally.js", but all of the files matching the glob pattern "/sources/node_modules/ally.js" are ignored.

Anyone can help me to solve this? Thanks

Answer 1

If .eslintignore located in the same directory as node_modules you can specify it as node_modules.

# .eslintignore
node_modules
**/.next/**
**/_next/**
**/dist/**

.eslintignore follows .gitignore syntax. See .gitignore specs for more details.

Answer 2

linters dosnt work same with diffrent node versions

in this case updating node to v16.x from v14.x worked for me.

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if ignorefile config dosnt work for you. check your node version.

Answer 3

The issue might come from your command line.

If you forget the single quotes, your terminal is going to evaluate the glob (**/*), not eslint. So this will skip all eslint ignore settings.

If you enable eslint's debug logs with --debug, you will see it in action:

• Without single quotes:

$ eslint **/*.ts --debug 2>&1 | grep "CLI args"

eslint:cli CLI args: [ 'a.ts', 'b.ts', 'node_modules/package/a.ts', 'node_modules/package/b.ts', '--debug' ]

• With single quotes:

$ eslint '**/*.ts' --debug 2>&1 | grep "CLI args"

eslint:cli CLI args: [ '**/*.ts', '--debug' ]