What is the reason to ignore eslintrc file and use only eslint-config-react-app? #2863

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1. gaearon

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2. gaearon commented on Jul 27, 2017

   

   gaearon

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   Because we show linting errors very prominently in the terminal and browser console. If we interpreted .eslintrc, people would use some popular configs that are mostly focused on style, and are very noisy. As a result people learning React from such examples would have a very hard time digging through the noise and missing the real errors.

   Instead, we decided that we only use ESLint for finding actual mistakes. That’s what our config is about. If you want to enforce style, you can use Prettier which does this automatically.

   I hope this helps!
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4. someden commented on Jul 27, 2017

   

   someden

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   Ok, I understand. Do you plan to add an option for it? Maybe something like this:
   create-react-app my-app --eslint-version my-eslint-config-react-app-fork

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