issue with symbolic link

I am excited about this plugin as it allow me to specify the config src, and hence migrating from load-grunt-config plugin. so, my idea is to keep all the common grunt task conf in a shared folder and use whatever needed. But, met with an issue. I keep the conf in a folder and make a symbolic link to each project. But, that throws a long recursive error (I removed most of it). It works fine, if I copy these conf files into the project. so something wrong if it follows a symbolic link. The behavior and error is same if src is pointing to a folder without any file in it. Using latest version on a mac.

thanks again for this project. Also, your effort on the excellent documentation. bsr.

 grunt watch
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'jshint-stylish'

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

......

Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...ERROR
>> Unable to process task.
Warning: Required config property "watch" missing.

(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.

.....

(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.

util.js:35
  var str = String(f).replace(formatRegExp, function(x) {
                      ^
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded

[creynders]

The error is apparently caused by the requiring of jshint-stylish in the jshint.js config file. It can’t find the jshint-stylish module since it’s in a directory outside the project. Easiest solution would be to pass the reporter to the jshint config file:

//Gruntfile.js
var configs = require('load-grunt-configs')(grunt, { 
    'jshint-reporter': require('jshint-stylish')
});

//config/jshint.js
module.exports = function(grunt, opts){
    return {
        options : {
            jshintrc : '.jshintrc',
            reporter : opts[ 'jshint-reporter']
        }
    }
};

[luca-borrione]

@creynders: Thank you for pointing this out! Your suggestion helped me developing my own solution, as I have been unable to make yours working for me …

Below is how I solved the above mentioned error “Local Npm module ‘jshint-stylish’ not found. Is it installed?”

// gruntfile.js
grunt.initConfig({
    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
    config: grunt.file.readJSON('grunt-config.json'),
    jshint_reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
});

// grunt-config.json
{
    "jsHintFiles" : [
        "**/modules/*.js"
    ]
}

// jshint.js
module.exports = function(grunt) {
    "use strict";

    grunt.config.merge({"jshint": {
        "default": {
            options: {
                reporter: "<%= jshint_reporter %>"
            },
            src: ["<%= config.jsHintFiles %>"]
        }
    }});
};

hope this of any help 😃