From 55bc9e856110430b531b530a0e14ecbaefb62862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Hom <vh62@cornell.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 20:21:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add try-catch and fix docs

---
 docs/user-guide/configuring.md | 2 +-
 lib/ignored-paths.js           | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user-guide/configuring.md b/docs/user-guide/configuring.md
index 29b72ff24893..86469a5af4f2 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/configuring.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/configuring.md
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ Any file that follows the standard ignore file format can be used. Keep in mind
 
 ### Using eslintIgnore in package.json
 
-If an .eslintIgnore file is not found and an alternate file is not specified, eslint will look in package.json for an eslintIgnore key to check for files to ignore.
+If an `.eslintignore` file is not found and an alternate file is not specified, eslint will look in package.json for an `eslintIgnore` key to check for files to ignore.
 
     {
       "name": "mypackage",
diff --git a/lib/ignored-paths.js b/lib/ignored-paths.js
index f5e76bc37698..da9d2737164c 100644
--- a/lib/ignored-paths.js
+++ b/lib/ignored-paths.js
@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ class IgnoredPaths {
                     const packageJSONPath = findPackageJSONFile(options.cwd);
 
                     if (packageJSONPath) {
-                        const packageJSONOptions = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJSONPath, "utf8"));
+                        let packageJSONOptions;
+
+                        try {
+                            packageJSONOptions = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJSONPath, "utf8"));
+                        } catch (e) {
+                            debug("Could not read package.json file to check eslintIgnore property");
+                        }
 
                         if (packageJSONOptions.eslintIgnore && Array.isArray(packageJSONOptions.eslintIgnore)) {
                             packageJSONOptions.eslintIgnore.forEach(pattern => {