From a1721c003bfa45ff529fee2dfae2e824a3b29df7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sharky3112 <sharky3112@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:08:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] begin searching for .jshintrc in the same folder the active
 file is in

---
 lib/atom-jshint.js | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/atom-jshint.js b/lib/atom-jshint.js
index 110e14c..7ceb357 100644
--- a/lib/atom-jshint.js
+++ b/lib/atom-jshint.js
@@ -155,8 +155,14 @@ module.exports = AtomJshint = (function(){
         return this.setConfig(packageJson.jshintConfig);
       }
     }
-    var workingPath = atom.project.path || '';
-    var dirs = workingPath.split(path.sep);
+    var workingPath = '';
+    var dirs = [''];
+    if (atom.state.workspace.paneContainer.root.active) {
+      workingPath = atom.state.workspace.paneContainer.root.activeItemUri || '';
+      dirs = workingPath.split(path.sep);
+      // remove active file's name:
+      dirs.pop();
+    }
     while ( dirs.length >= 1 ) {
       var configPath = path.join(dirs.join(path.sep), '/.jshintrc');
       if( fs.existsSync(configPath) ){