eslint 4.1.1 → 4.4.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,109 @@
+v4.4.1 - August 7, 2017
+
+* ec93614 Fix: no-multi-spaces to avoid reporting consecutive tabs (fixes #9079) (#9087) (Teddy Katz)
+
+v4.4.0 - August 5, 2017
+
+* 89196fd Upgrade: Espree to 3.5.0 (#9074) (Gyandeep Singh)
+* b3e4598 Fix: clarify AST and don't use `node.start`/`node.end` (fixes #8956) (#8984) (Toru Nagashima)
+* 62911e4 Update: Add ImportDeclaration option to indent rule (#8955) (David Irvine)
+* de75f9b Chore: enable object-curly-newline & object-property-newline.(fixes #9042) (#9068) (薛定谔的猫)
+* 5ae8458 Docs: fix typo in object-shorthand.md (#9066) (Jon Berry)
+* c3d5b39 Docs: clarify options descriptions (fixes #8875) (#9060) (Brandon Mailhiot)
+* 37158c5 Docs: clarified behavior of globalReturn option (fixes #8953) (#9058) (Brandon Mailhiot)
+* c2f3553 Docs: Update example for MemberExpression option of indent (fixes #9056) (#9057) (Jeff)
+* 78a85e0 Fix: no-extra-parens incorrectly reports async function expressions (#9035) (薛定谔的猫)
+* c794f86 Fix: getter-return reporting method named 'get' (fixes #8919) (#9004) (薛定谔的猫)
+* d0f78ec Docs: update rule deprecation policy (fixes #8635) (#9033) (Teddy Katz)
+* 5ab282f Fix: Print error message in bin/eslint.js (fixes #9011) (#9041) (Victor Hom)
+* 50e3cf3 Docs: Update sort-keys doc to define natural ordering (fixes #9043) (#9045) (Karan Sharma)
+* 7ecfe6a Chore: enable eslint-plugin/test-case-property-ordering (#9040) (薛定谔的猫)
+* ad32697 Upgrade: js-yaml to 3.9.1 (refs #9011) (#9044) (Teddy Katz)
+* 66c1d43 Docs: Create SUPPORT.md (#9031) (Teddy Katz)
+* 7247b6c Update: handle indentation of custom destructuring syntax (fixes #8990) (#9027) (Teddy Katz)
+* cdb82f2 Fix: padding-line-between-statements crash on semicolons after blocks (#8748) (Alexander Madyankin)
+* 3141872 Chore: remove unnecessary eslint-disable comments in codebase (#9032) (Teddy Katz)
+* 0f97279 Fix: refactor no-multi-spaces to avoid regex backtracking (fixes #9001) (#9008) (Teddy Katz)
+* b74514d Fix: refactor RuleContext to not modify report locations (fixes #8980) (#8997) (Teddy Katz)
+* 31d7fd2 Fix: inconsistent `indent` behavior on computed properties (fixes #8989) (#8999) (Teddy Katz)
+* 3393894 Fix: avoid reporting the entire AST for missing rules (#8998) (Teddy Katz)
+* b3b95b8 Chore: enable additional rules on ESLint codebase (#9013) (Teddy Katz)
+* 9b6c552 Upgrade: eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin@0.8.0 (#9012) (薛定谔的猫)
+* acbe86a Chore: disallow .substr and .substring in favor of .slice (#9010) (Teddy Katz)
+* d0536d6 Chore: Optimizes adding Linter methods (fixes #9000) (#9007) (Sean C Denison)
+* 0a0401f Chore: fix spelling error. (#9003) (薛定谔的猫)
+* 3d020b9 Update: emit a warning for ecmaFeatures rather than throwing an error (#8974) (Teddy Katz)
+* d2f8f9f Fix: include name of invalid config in validation messages (fixes #8963) (#8973) (Teddy Katz)
+* c3ee46b Chore: fix misleading comment in RuleTester (#8995) (Teddy Katz)
+
+v4.3.0 - July 21, 2017
+
+* 91dccdf Update: support more options in prefer-destructuring (#8796) (Victor Hom)
+* 3bebcfd Update: Support generator yields in no constant condition (#8762) (Victor Hom)
+* 96df8c9 Fix: Handle fixing objects containing comments (fixes #8484) (#8944) (Brian Schemp)
+* e39d41d Docs: Make `peerDependencies` package.json snippet valid JSON (#8971) (Sam Adams)
+* a5fd101 Fix: duplicated error message if a crash occurs (fixes #8964) (#8965) (Teddy Katz)
+* f8d122c Docs: trailing commas not allowed in json (#8969) (Scott Fletcher)
+* d09288a Chore: Use `output: null` to assert that a test case is not autofixed. (#8960) (薛定谔的猫)
+* e639358 Update: add question to confirm downgrade (fixes #8870) (#8911) (Toru Nagashima)
+* 601039d Docs: fix badge in eslint-config-eslint readme (#8954) (Teddy Katz)
+* 3c231fa Update: add enforceInMethodNames to no-underscore-dangle (fixes #7065) (#7234) (Gabriele Petronella)
+* 128591f Update: prefer-numeric-literals warns Number.parseInt (fixes #8913) (#8929) (Kevin Partington)
+* 846f8b1 Docs: Clarified that core PRs require issue in maintainer guide (#8927) (Kevin Partington)
+* 55bc35d Fix: Avoid shell mangling during eslint --init (#8936) (Anders Kaseorg)
+* 10c3d78 Chore: fix misleading `indent` test (#8925) (Teddy Katz)
+* fb8005d Update: no-restricted-globals custom error messages (fixes #8315) (#8932) (Kevin Partington)
+* a747b6f Chore: make minor improvements to `indent` internals (#8947) (Teddy Katz)
+* 1ea3723 Update: fix indentation of parenthesized MemberExpressions (fixes #8924) (#8928) (Teddy Katz)
+* 9abc6f7 Update: fix BinaryExpression indentation edge case (fixes #8914) (#8930) (Teddy Katz)
+* 0e90453 Docs: Fixing broken cyclomatic complexity link (fixes #8396) (#8937) (Chris Bargren)
+* a8a8350 Chore: improve performance of `indent` rule (#8905) (Teddy Katz)
+* 764b2a9 Chore: update header info in `indent` (#8926) (Teddy Katz)
+* 597c217 Fix: confusing error if plugins from config is not an array (#8888) (Calvin Freitas)
+* 3c1dd6d Docs: add description of no-sync `allowAtRootLevel` option (fixes #8902) (#8906) (Teddy Katz)
+* 933a9cf Chore: add a fuzzer to detect bugs in core rules (#8422) (Teddy Katz)
+* 45f8cd9 Docs: fix verifyAndFix result property name (#8903) (Tino Vyatkin)
+* 1a89e1c Docs: Fix always-multiline example in multiline-ternary docs (#8904) (Nathan Woltman)
+
+v4.2.0 - July 8, 2017
+
+* e0f0101 Update: fix indentation of nested function parameters (fixes #8892) (#8900) (Teddy Katz)
+* 9f95a3e Chore: remove unused helper method from `indent` (#8901) (Teddy Katz)
+* 11ffe6b Fix: no-regex-spaces rule incorrectly fixes quantified spaces (#8773) (Keri Warr)
+* 975dacf Update: fix indentation of EmptyStatements (fixes #8882) (#8885) (Teddy Katz)
+* 88ed041 Build: Turnoff CI branch build (fixes #8804) (#8873) (Gyandeep Singh)
+* 72f22eb Chore: replace is-my-json-valid with Ajv (#8852) (Gajus Kuizinas)
+* 7c8de92 Docs: Clarified PR guidelines in maintainer guide (#8876) (Kevin Partington)
+* d1fc408 Docs: Update CLA link in Contributing docs (#8883) (Calvin Freitas)
+* 931a9f1 Fix: indent false positive with multi-line await expression (#8837) (薛定谔的猫)
+* 3767cda Update: add no-sync option to allow at root level (fixes #7985) (#8859) (Victor Hom)
+* 1ce553d Docs: Fix wording of minProperties in object-curly-newline (fixes #8874) (#8878) (solmsted)
+* f00854e Fix: --quiet no longer fixes warnings (fixes #8675) (#8858) (Kevin Partington)
+* b678535 Chore: Add collapsible block for config in ISSUE_TEMPLATE (#8872) (Gyandeep Singh)
+* 1f5bfc2 Update: Add always-multiline option to multiline-ternary (fixes #8770) (#8841) (Nathan Woltman)
+* 22116f2 Fix: correct comma-dangle JSON schema (#8864) (Evgeny Poberezkin)
+* 676af9e Update: fix indentation of JSXExpressionContainer contents (fixes #8832) (#8850) (Teddy Katz)
+* 330dd58 Chore: fix title of linter test suite (#8861) (Teddy Katz)
+* 60099ed Chore: enable for-direction rule on ESLint codebase (#8853) (薛定谔的猫)
+* e0d1a84 Chore: upgrade eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin & eslint-plugin-node (#8856) (薛定谔的猫)
+* 0780d86 Chore: remove identical tests (#8851) (Teddy Katz)
+* 5c3ac8e Fix: arrow-parens fixer gets tripped up with trailing comma in args (#8838) (薛定谔的猫)
+* c4f2e29 Build: fix race condition in demo (#8827) (Teddy Katz)
+* c693be5 New: Allow passing a function as `fix` option (fixes #8039) (#8730) (Ian VanSchooten)
+* 8796d55 Docs: add missing item to 4.0 migration guide table of contents (#8835) (薛定谔的猫)
+* 742998c doc md update: false -> `false` (#8825) (Erik Vold)
+* ce969f9 Docs: add guidelines for patch release communication (fixes #7277) (#8823) (Teddy Katz)
+* 5c83c99 Docs: Clarify arrow function parens in no-extra-parens (fixes #8741) (#8822) (Kevin Partington)
+* 84d921d Docs: Added note about Node/CJS scoping to no-redeclare (fixes #8814) (#8820) (Kevin Partington)
+* 85c9327 Update: fix parenthesized CallExpression indentation (fixes #8790) (#8802) (Teddy Katz)
+* be8d354 Update: simplify variable declarator indent handling (fixes #8785) (#8801) (Teddy Katz)
+* 9417818 Fix: no-debugger autofixer produced invalid syntax (#8806) (Teddy Katz)
+* 8698a92 New: getter-return rule (fixes #8449) (#8460) (薛定谔的猫)
+* eac06f2 Fix: no-extra-parens false positives for variables called "let" (#8808) (Teddy Katz)
+* 616587f Fix: dot-notation autofix produces syntax errors for object called "let" (#8807) (Teddy Katz)
+* a53ef7e Fix: don't require a third argument in linter.verifyAndFix (fixes #8805) (#8809) (Teddy Katz)
+* 5ad8b70 Docs: add minor formatting improvement to paragraph about parsers (#8816) (Teddy Katz)
+
 v4.1.1 - June 25, 2017
 
 * f307aa0 Fix: ensure configs from a plugin are cached separately (fixes #8792) (#8798) (Teddy Katz)

package/bin/eslint.js

@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ process.once("uncaughtException", err => {
     if (typeof err.messageTemplate === "string" && err.messageTemplate.length > 0) {
         const template = lodash.template(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, `../messages/${err.messageTemplate}.txt`), "utf-8"));
 
-        console.log("\nOops! Something went wrong! :(");
-        console.log(`\n${template(err.messageData || {})}`);
+        console.error("\nOops! Something went wrong! :(");
+        console.error(`\n${template(err.messageData || {})}`);
     } else {
-        console.log(err.message);
-        console.log(err.stack);
+
+        console.error(err.message);
+        console.error(err.stack);
     }
 
     process.exitCode = 1;

package/conf/category-list.json

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     ],
     "deprecated": {
         "name": "Deprecated",
-        "description": "These rules have been deprecated and replaced by newer rules:",
+        "description": "These rules have been deprecated in accordance with the [deprecation policy](/docs/user-guide/rule-deprecation), and replaced by newer rules:",
         "rules": []
     },
     "removed": {
         "name": "Removed",
-        "description": "These rules from older versions of ESLint have been replaced by newer rules:",
+        "description": "These rules from older versions of ESLint (before the [deprecation policy](/docs/user-guide/rule-deprecation) existed) have been replaced by newer rules:",
         "rules": [
             { "removed": "generator-star", "replacedBy": ["generator-star-spacing"] },
             { "removed": "global-strict", "replacedBy": ["strict"] },

package/conf/config-schema.js

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ const baseConfigProperties = {
     parserOptions: { type: "object" },
     plugins: { type: "array" },
     rules: { type: "object" },
-    settings: { type: "object" }
+    settings: { type: "object" },
+
+    ecmaFeatures: { type: "object" } // deprecated; logs a warning when used
 };
 
 const overrideProperties = Object.assign(

package/conf/eslint-recommended.js

@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
-/* eslint sort-keys: ["error", "asc"], quote-props: ["error", "consistent"] */
-/* eslint-disable sort-keys */
+/* eslint sort-keys: ["error", "asc"] */
 
 module.exports = {
     rules: {
-
-        /* eslint-enable sort-keys */
         "accessor-pairs": "off",
         "array-bracket-newline": "off",
         "array-bracket-spacing": "off",
@@ -25,36 +22,37 @@ module.exports = {
         "block-spacing": "off",
         "brace-style": "off",
         "callback-return": "off",
-        "camelcase": "off",
+        camelcase: "off",
         "capitalized-comments": "off",
         "class-methods-use-this": "off",
         "comma-dangle": "off",
         "comma-spacing": "off",
         "comma-style": "off",
-        "complexity": "off",
+        complexity: "off",
         "computed-property-spacing": "off",
         "consistent-return": "off",
         "consistent-this": "off",
         "constructor-super": "error",
-        "curly": "off",
+        curly: "off",
         "default-case": "off",
         "dot-location": "off",
         "dot-notation": "off",
         "eol-last": "off",
-        "eqeqeq": "off",
+        eqeqeq: "off",
         "for-direction": "off",
         "func-call-spacing": "off",
         "func-name-matching": "off",
         "func-names": "off",
         "func-style": "off",
         "generator-star-spacing": "off",
+        "getter-return": "off",
         "global-require": "off",
         "guard-for-in": "off",
         "handle-callback-err": "off",
         "id-blacklist": "off",
         "id-length": "off",
         "id-match": "off",
-        "indent": "off",
+        indent: "off",
         "indent-legacy": "off",
         "init-declarations": "off",
         "jsx-quotes": "off",
@@ -233,13 +231,13 @@ module.exports = {
         "prefer-spread": "off",
         "prefer-template": "off",
         "quote-props": "off",
-        "quotes": "off",
-        "radix": "off",
+        quotes: "off",
+        radix: "off",
         "require-await": "off",
         "require-jsdoc": "off",
         "require-yield": "error",
         "rest-spread-spacing": "off",
-        "semi": "off",
+        semi: "off",
         "semi-spacing": "off",
         "semi-style": "off",
         "sort-imports": "off",
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ module.exports = {
         "space-infix-ops": "off",
         "space-unary-ops": "off",
         "spaced-comment": "off",
-        "strict": "off",
+        strict: "off",
         "switch-colon-spacing": "off",
         "symbol-description": "off",
         "template-curly-spacing": "off",
@@ -264,6 +262,6 @@ module.exports = {
         "wrap-iife": "off",
         "wrap-regex": "off",
         "yield-star-spacing": "off",
-        "yoda": "off"
+        yoda: "off"
     }
 };

package/lib/cli-engine.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const debug = require("debug")("eslint:cli-engine");
  * @property {string} cwd The value to use for the current working directory.
  * @property {string[]} envs An array of environments to load.
  * @property {string[]} extensions An array of file extensions to check.
- * @property {boolean} fix Execute in autofix mode.
+ * @property {boolean|Function} fix Execute in autofix mode. If a function, should return a boolean.
  * @property {string[]} globals An array of global variables to declare.
  * @property {boolean} ignore False disables use of .eslintignore.
  * @property {string} ignorePath The ignore file to use instead of .eslintignore.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function calculateStatsPerRun(results) {
  * @param {string} text The source code to check.
  * @param {Object} configHelper The configuration options for ESLint.
  * @param {string} filename An optional string representing the texts filename.
- * @param {boolean} fix Indicates if fixes should be processed.
+ * @param {boolean|Function} fix Indicates if fixes should be processed.
  * @param {boolean} allowInlineConfig Allow/ignore comments that change config.
  * @param {Linter} linter Linter context
  * @returns {LintResult} The results for linting on this text.
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ function processText(text, configHelper, filename, fix, allowInlineConfig, linte
         if (fix) {
             fixedResult = linter.verifyAndFix(text, config, {
                 filename,
-                allowInlineConfig
+                allowInlineConfig,
+                fix
             });
             messages = fixedResult.messages;
         } else {

package/lib/cli.js

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ const debug = require("debug")("eslint:cli");
 // Helpers
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * Predicate function for whether or not to apply fixes in quiet mode.
+ * If a message is a warning, do not apply a fix.
+ * @param {LintResult} lintResult The lint result.
+ * @returns {boolean} True if the lint message is an error (and thus should be
+ * autofixed), false otherwise.
+ */
+function quietFixPredicate(lintResult) {
+    return lintResult.severity === 2;
+}
+
 /**
  * Translates the CLI options into the options expected by the CLIEngine.
  * @param {Object} cliOptions The CLI options to translate.
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ function translateOptions(cliOptions) {
         cache: cliOptions.cache,
         cacheFile: cliOptions.cacheFile,
         cacheLocation: cliOptions.cacheLocation,
-        fix: cliOptions.fix,
+        fix: cliOptions.fix && (cliOptions.quiet ? quietFixPredicate : true),
         allowInlineConfig: cliOptions.inlineConfig
     };
 }

package/lib/config/config-file.js

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  * @author Nicholas C. Zakas
  */
 
-/* eslint no-use-before-define: 0 */
-
 "use strict";
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -418,6 +416,8 @@ function applyExtends(config, configContext, filePath, relativeTo) {
                 );
             }
             debug(`Loading ${parentPath}`);
+
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
             return ConfigOps.merge(load(parentPath, configContext, relativeTo), previousValue);
         } catch (e) {
 
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ function resolve(filePath, relativeTo) {
 
     if (filePath.startsWith("plugin:")) {
         const configFullName = filePath;
-        const pluginName = filePath.substr(7, filePath.lastIndexOf("/") - 7);
-        const configName = filePath.substr(filePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1, filePath.length - filePath.lastIndexOf("/") - 1);
+        const pluginName = filePath.slice(7, filePath.lastIndexOf("/"));
+        const configName = filePath.slice(filePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
 
         normalizedPackageName = normalizePackageName(pluginName, "eslint-plugin");
         debug(`Attempting to resolve ${normalizedPackageName}`);
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ function loadFromDisk(resolvedPath, configContext) {
         }
 
         // validate the configuration before continuing
-        validator.validate(config, resolvedPath, configContext.linterContext.rules, configContext.linterContext.environments);
+        validator.validate(config, resolvedPath.configFullName, configContext.linterContext.rules, configContext.linterContext.environments);
 
         /*
          * If an `extends` property is defined, it represents a configuration file to use as

package/lib/config/config-initializer.js

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 const util = require("util"),
     inquirer = require("inquirer"),
     ProgressBar = require("progress"),
+    semver = require("semver"),
     autoconfig = require("./autoconfig.js"),
     ConfigFile = require("./config-file"),
     ConfigOps = require("./config-ops"),
     getSourceCodeOfFiles = require("../util/source-code-util").getSourceCodeOfFiles,
+    ModuleResolver = require("../util/module-resolver"),
     npmUtil = require("../util/npm-util"),
     recConfig = require("../../conf/eslint-recommended"),
     log = require("../logging");
@@ -56,12 +58,35 @@ function writeFile(config, format) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the peer dependencies of the given module.
+ * This adds the gotten value to cache at the first time, then reuses it.
+ * In a process, this function is called twice, but `npmUtil.fetchPeerDependencies` needs to access network which is relatively slow.
+ * @param {string} moduleName The module name to get.
+ * @returns {Object} The peer dependencies of the given module.
+ * This object is the object of `peerDependencies` field of `package.json`.
+ */
+function getPeerDependencies(moduleName) {
+    let result = getPeerDependencies.cache.get(moduleName);
+
+    if (!result) {
+        log.info(`Checking peerDependencies of ${moduleName}`);
+
+        result = npmUtil.fetchPeerDependencies(moduleName);
+        getPeerDependencies.cache.set(moduleName, result);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+getPeerDependencies.cache = new Map();
+
 /**
  * Synchronously install necessary plugins, configs, parsers, etc. based on the config
  * @param   {Object} config  config object
+ * @param   {boolean} [installESLint=true]  If `false` is given, it does not install eslint.
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function installModules(config) {
+function installModules(config, installESLint) {
     const modules = {};
 
     // Create a list of modules which should be installed based on config
@@ -73,11 +98,10 @@ function installModules(config) {
     if (config.extends && config.extends.indexOf("eslint:") === -1) {
         const moduleName = `eslint-config-${config.extends}`;
 
-        log.info(`Checking peerDependencies of ${moduleName}`);
         modules[moduleName] = "latest";
         Object.assign(
             modules,
-            npmUtil.fetchPeerDependencies(`${moduleName}@latest`)
+            getPeerDependencies(`${moduleName}@latest`)
         );
     }
 
@@ -86,15 +110,17 @@ function installModules(config) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // Add eslint to list in case user does not have it installed locally
-    modules.eslint = modules.eslint || "latest";
-
-    // Mark to show messages if it's new installation of eslint.
-    const installStatus = npmUtil.checkDevDeps(["eslint"]);
+    if (installESLint === false) {
+        delete modules.eslint;
+    } else {
+        const installStatus = npmUtil.checkDevDeps(["eslint"]);
 
-    if (installStatus.eslint === false) {
-        log.info("Local ESLint installation not found.");
-        config.installedESLint = true;
+        // Mark to show messages if it's new installation of eslint.
+        if (installStatus.eslint === false) {
+            log.info("Local ESLint installation not found.");
+            modules.eslint = modules.eslint || "latest";
+            config.installedESLint = true;
+        }
     }
 
     // Install packages
@@ -265,9 +291,10 @@ function processAnswers(answers) {
 /**
  * process user's style guide of choice and return an appropriate config object.
  * @param {string} guide name of the chosen style guide
+ * @param {boolean} [installESLint=true]  If `false` is given, it does not install eslint.
  * @returns {Object} config object
  */
-function getConfigForStyleGuide(guide) {
+function getConfigForStyleGuide(guide, installESLint) {
     const guides = {
         google: { extends: "google" },
         airbnb: { extends: "airbnb" },
@@ -279,11 +306,74 @@ function getConfigForStyleGuide(guide) {
         throw new Error("You referenced an unsupported guide.");
     }
 
-    installModules(guides[guide]);
+    installModules(guides[guide], installESLint);
 
     return guides[guide];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the version of the local ESLint.
+ * @returns {string|null} The version. If the local ESLint was not found, returns null.
+ */
+function getLocalESLintVersion() {
+    try {
+        const resolver = new ModuleResolver();
+        const eslintPath = resolver.resolve("eslint", process.cwd());
+        const eslint = require(eslintPath);
+
+        return eslint.linter.version || null;
+    } catch (_err) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the shareable config name of the chosen style guide.
+ * @param {Object} answers The answers object.
+ * @returns {string} The shareable config name.
+ */
+function getStyleGuideName(answers) {
+    if (answers.styleguide === "airbnb" && !answers.airbnbReact) {
+        return "airbnb-base";
+    }
+    return answers.styleguide;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check whether the local ESLint version conflicts with the required version of the chosen shareable config.
+ * @param {Object} answers The answers object.
+ * @returns {boolean} `true` if the local ESLint is found then it conflicts with the required version of the chosen shareable config.
+ */
+function hasESLintVersionConflict(answers) {
+
+    // Get the local ESLint version.
+    const localESLintVersion = getLocalESLintVersion();
+
+    if (!localESLintVersion) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Get the required range of ESLint version.
+    const configName = getStyleGuideName(answers);
+    const moduleName = `eslint-config-${configName}@latest`;
+    const requiredESLintVersionRange = getPeerDependencies(moduleName).eslint;
+
+    if (!requiredESLintVersionRange) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    answers.localESLintVersion = localESLintVersion;
+    answers.requiredESLintVersionRange = requiredESLintVersionRange;
+
+    // Check the version.
+    if (semver.satisfies(localESLintVersion, requiredESLintVersionRange)) {
+        answers.installESLint = false;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 /* istanbul ignore next: no need to test inquirer*/
 /**
  * Ask use a few questions on command prompt
@@ -346,6 +436,21 @@ function promptUser() {
             when(answers) {
                 return ((answers.source === "guide" && answers.packageJsonExists) || answers.source === "auto");
             }
+        },
+        {
+            type: "confirm",
+            name: "installESLint",
+            message(answers) {
+                const verb = semver.ltr(answers.localESLintVersion, answers.requiredESLintVersionRange)
+                    ? "upgrade"
+                    : "downgrade";
+
+                return `The style guide "${answers.styleguide}" requires eslint@${answers.requiredESLintVersionRange}. You are currently using eslint@${answers.localESLintVersion}.\n  Do you want to ${verb}?`;
+            },
+            default: true,
+            when(answers) {
+                return answers.source === "guide" && answers.packageJsonExists && hasESLintVersionConflict(answers);
+            }
         }
     ]).then(earlyAnswers => {
 
@@ -355,11 +460,14 @@ function promptUser() {
                 log.info("A package.json is necessary to install plugins such as style guides. Run `npm init` to create a package.json file and try again.");
                 return void 0;
             }
+            if (earlyAnswers.installESLint === false && !semver.satisfies(earlyAnswers.localESLintVersion, earlyAnswers.requiredESLintVersionRange)) {
+                log.info(`Note: it might not work since ESLint's version is mismatched with the ${earlyAnswers.styleguide} config.`);
+            }
             if (earlyAnswers.styleguide === "airbnb" && !earlyAnswers.airbnbReact) {
                 earlyAnswers.styleguide = "airbnb-base";
             }
 
-            config = getConfigForStyleGuide(earlyAnswers.styleguide);
+            config = getConfigForStyleGuide(earlyAnswers.styleguide, earlyAnswers.installESLint);
             writeFile(config, earlyAnswers.format);
 
             return void 0;
@@ -479,6 +587,7 @@ function promptUser() {
 
 const init = {
     getConfigForStyleGuide,
+    hasESLintVersionConflict,
     processAnswers,
     /* istanbul ignore next */initializeConfig() {
         return promptUser();