Random vim 8.0 swap files at jshint/src by mike on jshint@2.11.0

[ed9w2in6]

I was traversing my disk to find vim swap files for removal which is then I stumbled on some vim swap files under src/.
Those files are last updated on 14 FEB 2020, created by vim 8.0, by a user named mike, on a computer named bruce.

I reached here via AtomLinter/linter-jshint and their last update of the dependencies (node's package.json) is near a year ago ( ~ FEB 2020 ), so these files might have been removed but I am not sure how to verify this.

In case that they are not removed, I hope this may help.

Version:

jshint@2.11.0

Shell output:

❯ ls -Gp -ah | grep --color=auto swp | xargs file
.jshint.js.swp:        Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 9053, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/jshint.js
.lex.js.swp:           Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 12842, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/lex.js
.messages.js.swp:      Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 17046, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/messages.js
.options.js.swp:       Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 8621, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/options.js
.prod-params.js.swp:   Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 5227, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/prod-params.js
.reg.js.swp:           Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 12028, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/reg.js
.scope-manager.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 9336, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/scope-manager.js
.vars.js.swp:          Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 3590, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/vars.js

[ILuxa2040]

![Image of Yaktocat]❯ ls -Gp -ah | grep --color=auto swp | xargs file
.jshint.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 9053, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/jshint.js
.lex.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 12842, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/lex.js
.messages.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 17046, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/messages.js
.options.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 8621, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/options.js
.prod-params.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 5227, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/prod-params.js
.reg.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 12028, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/reg.js
.scope-manager.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 9336, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/scope-manager.js
.vars.js.swp: Vim swap file, version 8.0, pid 3590, user mike, host bruce, file ~mike/projects/oss/jshint/jshint/src/vars.js

[jugglinmike]

Thanks for the report! It looks like npm only partially implements the semantic of Git's file exclusion mechanism. You're seeing the result of the utility honoring the project's .gitignore file but failing to recognize my global .gitignore file.

We could address this using npm's built-in "allow list" functionality, but that has its own drawbacks (most notably, risk of failing to include critical files in some future release). So before we commit to any particular change, I'd like to understand if/how this is affecting folks' usage of the package.

[ed9w2in6]

I had never heard this before! Good to learn something new.
It is absurd that npm does not look at the global .gitignore file.

Regarding the package, though I can't speak for everyone but personally I do not think it will affect the package usage-wise.
As a matter of fact, I would not have notice them if i wasn't doing a disk traversal.