[feature request] Add support for .eslintrc directory

The version of ESLint you are using. latest

The problem you want to solve. I want to be able to store an eslint config as its own standalone git repository, so it can be added to other repositories with git submodule add and managed independently. Git repos must be folders.

Your take on the correct solution to problem. .eslintrc check for a directory ./ should also detect a .eslint/ or .eslintrc/ directory, and then use the default .eslintrc* logic to select a config .eslintrc* in that folder and apply it with respect to the parent folder ./.

Are you willing to submit a pull request to implement this change? Yes.

[aladdin-add]

emm… I’ve misread the issue somehow, please disregard my comment. 🤣

[kaicataldo]

I don’t think core should support this, as there are a few ways to achieve this already:

1. Putting a standard config file in the project root that extends the shared config in the Git submodule. This is how shared configs installed via npm also work.
2. Using the –config CLI flag.