Grunt JSHint - Not checking indentations

Question

I have the indent set to 4. If I remove all the indentations in a source file, JSHint doesn't fail for it. It checks everything else but the indentations. How do I get it to check for indentations?

Additionally, I have installed the jshint-eclipse plugin, it too doesn't work!

Here is the excerpt of my GruntFile:

// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
  options: {
    jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
    reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
  },
  all: {
    src: [
      'Gruntfile.js',
      '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
    ]
  },
  test: {
    options: {
      jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
    },
    src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
  }
},

And my jshint:

{
  "node": true,
  "browser": true,
  "esnext": true,
  "bitwise": true,
  "camelcase": true,
  "curly": true,
  "eqeqeq": true,
  "immed": true,
  "indent": 4,
  "latedef": true,
  "newcap": true,
  "noarg": true,
  "quotmark": "single",
  "regexp": true,
  "undef": true,
  "unused": true,
  "strict": true,
  "trailing": true,
  "smarttabs": false,
  "globals": {
      "angular": false
   }
}

Can you post your Gruntfile (or as little of it as you need to reproduce the problem) so we can help troubleshoot? — myersjustinc, Oct 09 '14 at 21:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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tl;dr: npm install grunt-contrib-jshint@0.9.2

Turns out this is a dupe of How can I make jshint indent options work.

No accepted answer, but the only answer present suggests it's an issue with the version of JSHint that's installed. 2.5.0 dropped support for the indent option and some other style things.

When I just installed grunt-contrib-jshint normally, I got version 0.10.0 and had the same problem as OP (because 0.10.0 depends on JSHint 2.5.0); when I instead installed grunt-contrib-jshint@0.9.2 (the last release that used JSHint 2.4.0 instead), my results lit up with a bunch of indentation errors (as expected).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 10 '14 at 18:00

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Yes, true that. I was pointed to the same post by my colleague! Unfortunately we have to rely on our editor to take care of the indentations and tabs/spaces issue. Thanks for the help mate! – Rutwick Gangurde Oct 11 '14 at 05:59

Grunt JSHint - Not checking indentations

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