Typedoc fails on processing package.json files with BOM prefix

[antongolub]

This is a very common trouble with paralleljs. For example, bazelbuild/rules_nodejs#1448

• I have checked issues with bug label and found no duplicates

Expected Behavior

typedoc --readme README.md --tsconfig tsconfig.json src/main
Using TypeScript 3.7.5 from ~/project/node_modules/typescript/lib
Rendering [========================================] 100%

Documentation generated at ~/project/docs

Actual Behavior

typedoc --readme README.md --tsconfig tsconfig.json src/main
Error: Could not parse ~/project/node_modules/paralleljs/package.json

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Add paralleljs as a dependency or any other package, that has BOM in its files
2. Run doc generator

Environment

• Typedoc version: 0.16.8
• Node.js version: 12.6.0
• OS: macOS 10.15.2

[Gerrit0]

~/project

Totally unrelated, but we should absolutely do this. Either relative to the user directory or the cwd.

Thanks for the report!

[Gerrit0]

Fix released in 0.16.9