Unexpected EOF at line 1 column 2 of the JSON5 data. Still to read: ""

🐛 Bug Report

🎛 Configuration (.babelrc, package.json, cli command)

.babelrc

{
  "presets": ["env"]
}

package.json

{
  "name": "irbo",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "server.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "autoprefixer": "^8.0.0",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
    "cross-env": "^5.1.3",
    "nodemon": "^1.14.12",
    "parcel-bundler": "^1.5.1",
    "stylus": "^0.54.5"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "parcel client/index.html",
    "dev-with-server": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development parcel watch client/index.html",
    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test",
    "prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production parcel build client/index.html --out-dir public --public-url ./"
  }
}

🤔 Expected Behavior

The expected behavior is that the files should parse correctly and a dev server should spin up.

I am new to Parcel and am just testing out some of the basic configurations. I am not trying anything too complex right now.

😯 Current Behavior

I have a blank index.html file with a CSS and a JS file linked in. When I initially ran yarn run dev, everything was fine. But after I changed the content in the index.html file, I got this error:

/home/path/to/file/index.html: Unexpected EOF at line 1 column 2 of the JSON5 data. Still to read: ""
    at error (/home/path/to/file/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:56:25)
    at word (/home/path/to/file/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:393:13)
    at value (/home/path/to/file/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:493:56)
    at /home/path/to/file/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:508:18
    at Object.load (/home/path/to/file/node_modules/parcel-bundler/src/utils/config.js:44:14)
    at <anonymous>

💁 Possible Solution

I have no idea. It appears to be a problem with Parcel, but I am not certain about that.

🔦 Context

I am just learning Parcel and trying to test some different configurations.

💻 Code Sample

Bitbucket repo: https://bitbucket.org/samwell/irbo/src

🌍 Your Environment

Parcel: 1.5.1 (local installation instead of global) Node: 8.9.4 npm: 5.6.0 Yarn: 1.3.2 OS: Ubuntu 16.04

[netaisllc]

I had the same error as a result of having an empty

.babelrc

file

[SamuelEarl]

I found the problem. I had a blank .posthtmlrc file in my project root that was throwing the error. As soon as I removed the file the error went away. When I created a new, blank .posthtmlrc file the error came back.

All is good in the world again!

I am loving Parcel! Keep up the good work!