grunt-contrib-jshint ignores has no effect

gruntjs, jshint

Solution

`ignores` is a jshint option and expects specific files. It's better to use the idiomatic Grunt negate `!` to exclude files:

jshint: {
  options: {
    smarttabs: true
  },
  all: [
    'Gruntfile.js', 
    'public/js/**/*.js',
    '!public/js/libs/**/*.js'
  ],
},

See http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks#globbing-patterns

Problem

I would like to exclude `libs` directory from being lint'ed. However, `ignores` in `options` and planted `.jshintignore` file in project directory won't make `libs` to be excluded. ``` jshint: { options: { smarttabs: true, ignores: ['public/js/libs/**/*.js'] }, all: [ 'Gruntfile.js', 'public/js/**/*.js' ] }, ``` grunt version: ``` grunt-cli v0.1.11 grunt v0.4.2 grunt-contrib-jshint@0.7.2 ``` What did I miss out?

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