[bug] commitlint.config.js:1 SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token

[indraraj26]

By Default in VS code i have UTF-8 still it gives me error

commitlint.config.js

module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']}

Expected Behavior

it shouldn't be throw any error

Current Behavior

git commit -m "feat: initial commit"
husky > pre-commit (node v8.14.0)


All files pass linting.


All files pass linting.
husky > commit-msg (node v8.14.0)
D:\ng\commitlint.config.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ��m
                                                              ^

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:617:28)
    at requireFromString (D:\ng-sma\node_modules\require-from-string\index.js:28:4)
    at parseJsFile (D:\ng-sma\node_modules\cosmiconfig\dist\loadJs.js:15:15)
    at <anonymous>
husky > commit-msg hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

I am not sure which one will i have to select.

Affected packages

• [ X ] cli
• core
• prompt
• [ X ] config-angular

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. create a sample project of latest angular 7.2.2
2. install husky and commitlint
3. add this in package.json

"husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "ng lint",
      "commit-msg": "commitlint -E HUSKY_GIT_PARAMS"
    }
  }

commitlint.config.js

```js ```

Context

Your Environment

Package.json

"husky": "^1.3.1", 
"@commitlint/cli": "^7.5.2",
"@commitlint/config-conventional": "^7.5.0",

i get this in console VS code powershell

PS D:\ng> commitlint --version
commitlint : The term 'commitlint' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if 
a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ commitlint --version
+ ~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (commitlint:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Executable	Version
git --version	2.19.1.windows.1
node --version	v8.14.0

[escapedcat]

I don't have a windows machine to test this, but looking at older isses others seem to have solved this:

• Invalid or Unexpected Token #231
• Windows line endings in config breaks CLI #270

[indraraj26]

This one is telling me to have Encoding utf-8 #270 which is already, i have.

#231 has not answered solution properly. what do you mean by windows line ending ?

[YupongUU]

I got the same error. Any one else solve this problem?

[xCykrix]

@indraraj26 @YupongUU can you upload the exact commitlint.config.js, it is likely an encoding issue and only the exact file could help us replicate it.

[indraraj26]

Hey @xCykrix ,

Here is mine commitlint.config.js
https://gofile.io/?c=cPkb0A

Thank you.

[xCykrix]

@indraraj26 for yours, make sure it is encoded with UTF-8. The file you sent me appears to be encoded with UTF-16 LE, which is known to cause issues.

You can modify this in VSCode in the bottom right. Other editors may vary.

Properly encoded reference, if you need it to copy text from.
https://cdn.amethyst.studio/u/samuel/bins/d444

[indraraj26]

Hey @xCykrix , I can see clearly in vs code, I have encoding utf-8 , i dont know why it is taking UTF-16LE as per you.

If i copy text from above link and paste in commitlink.config.js will that work?

Thank you

[marionebl]

commitlint uses cosmiconfig to load configuration and does nothing regarding parsing/reading those files. Please consider opening this issue with cosmiconfig if the problem persists.

[cy0707]

in window, you can try delete this file, and create new file，do not use command line

echo "module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']};" > commitlint.config.js

in editor (vscode), wirte code