import-js/eslint-plugin-import

`eslint-plugin-import` breaks `eslint` if no `package.json`-file is present

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#2,096 opened on May 24, 2021

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Description

If there is no package.json-file in the file to check (or any parent directory), the eslint-run fails due to this piece of code: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/802ce7d49d912289d590f735bf9bd2d931064863/src/core/packagePath.js#L11-L12

Following error is reported:

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string. Received null
Occurred while linting {filename}.js

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Research direction
Examine the code in `src/core/packagePath.js` around line 11-12 to add a null check for the path returned by `findPackage.json`. Then handle the case where `package.json` is not found by returning a default path or alternative behavior.
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javascript
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Node.js
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