ESLint v8.26.0 released

Highlights

• The no-implicit-globals rule now supports /* exported */ directive comments.

• ESLINT_USE_FLAT_CONFIG environment variable can now be used for more control over switching between the current and the new config system.

• The @eslint/create-config utility to create ESLint config files has a new option --config:

  # npm 6.x
  npm init @eslint/config --config semistandard
  
  # npm 7+
  npm init @eslint/config -- --config semistandard

Features

• 4715787 feat: check Object.create() in getter-return (#16420) (Yuki Hirasawa)
• 28d1902 feat: no-implicit-globals supports exported block comment (#16343) (Sosuke Suzuki)
• e940be7 feat: Use ESLINT_USE_FLAT_CONFIG environment variable for flat config (#16356) (Tomer Aberbach)
• dd0c58f feat: Swap out Globby for custom globbing solution. (#16369) (Nicholas C. Zakas)

Bug Fixes

• df77409 fix: use baseConfig constructor option in FlatESLint (#16432) (Milos Djermanovic)
• 33668ee fix: Ensure that glob patterns are matched correctly. (#16449) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
• 740b208 fix: ignore messages without a ruleId in getRulesMetaForResults (#16409) (Francesco Trotta)
• 8f9759e fix: --ignore-pattern in flat config mode should be relative to cwd (#16425) (Milos Djermanovic)
• 325ad37 fix: make getRulesMetaForResults return a plain object in trivial case (#16438) (Francesco Trotta)
• a2810bc fix: Ensure that directories can be unignored. (#16436) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
• 35916ad fix: Ensure unignore and reignore work correctly in flat config. (#16422) (Nicholas C. Zakas)

Documentation

• 651649b docs: Core concepts page (#16399) (Ben Perlmutter)
• 631cf72 docs: note --ignore-path not supported with flat config (#16434) (Andy Edwards)
• 1692840 docs: fix syntax in examples for new config files (#16427) (Milos Djermanovic)
• d336cfc docs: Document extending plugin with new config (#16394) (Ben Perlmutter)

Chores

• e917a9a ci: add node v19 (#16443) (Koichi ITO)
• 4b70b91 chore: Add VS Code issues link (#16423) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
• 232d291 chore: suppress a Node.js deprecation warning (#16398) (Koichi ITO)