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What the difference and purpose of having both of them in the .jshintrc? When I want to add a variable to be ignored, which one is the best one I should use? Also I can't find 'predef' in http://www.jshint.com/docs/options/

codeboy
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It seems like predef is deprecated and you should use globals instead.

More information here

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rekarnar
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    well, [this](https://github.com/jshint/jshint/pull/1178) pull request does imply it has been deprecated, but [jshint doc](http://www.jshint.com/docs/) is still using `predef` in the example. – codeboy Apr 30 '14 at 08:07
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At JSHint Doc page http://www.jshint.com/docs/ "predef" is mention for use inside .jshintrc file, wile word "globals" is used only once for inline directive (those that are inside .js files)

So examples would be :

  • inside .jshintrc file

    "predef" : [ // Extra globals
             "angular",
]

  • inside .js files

    /* global app: false */

So it would be better to use different words when doing the same but in different places.

Paul Verest
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  • For inline comment in js files, should it be `/* globals app: false */` (plural form) or `/* global app:false */` (singular form). [JSHint doc](http://jshint.com/docs/options/#globals) did not provide a specific example for the inline configuration for this option. – Yiling Oct 28 '15 at 20:28
  • globals can also be used in .jshintrc, So an difference in where they are used is stricly user preferance. global is a typo anywhere. – wheredidthatnamecomefrom Nov 15 '21 at 18:39