trekhleb / trekhleb/javascript-algorithms

Eslint parsing error

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Description

I'm facing "src\data-structures\queue\README.md
1:1 error Parsing error: Unexpected character '#' " error.
I'm on the windows platform and tried to ignore .md files adding
{
"eslintIgnore" : ["**/*.md"],
} propety to eslintIgnore file. am still facing the same issue. How to resolve this?

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Start by reproducing the ESLint parsing error against src\data-structures\queue\README.md on Windows and inspect the repository's ESLint ignore configuration. Verify whether the documented eslintIgnore setting is being read and confirm that Markdown files are excluded without introducing parsing errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
eslint, javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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