Bug: No files matching the pattern "linebreak-style: [2, windows]" were found.

[ain]

Environment

Node version: 22.2.0
npm version: 10.7.0
Local ESLint version: 9.2.0
Global ESLint version: 9.2.0
Operating System: windows-2022, 20240514.3.0

What parser are you using?

Default (Espree)

What did you do?

As of Node.js v22, the linting task no more passes on GitHub Actions' Windows runner with the error of No files matching the pattern "linebreak-style: [2, windows]" were found. See also test results.

This does not occur on Node.js v21.

Full case can be inspected at ain/smartbanner.js#750

Configuration

module.exports = [
  {
    "rules": {
      "indent": [
        "error",
        2
      ],
      "linebreak-style": [
        "error",
        "unix"
      ],
      "quotes": [
        "error",
        "single"
      ],
      "semi": [
        "error",
        "always"
      ],
      "eqeqeq": [
        "error",
        "always"
      ],
      "no-multiple-empty-lines": [
        "error",
        {"max": 1}
      ]
    }
  }
];

What did you expect to happen?

Passing linting task similar to Node.js v21

What actually happened?

Run npm run eslint -- --rule 'linebreak-style: [2, windows]'

> smartbanner.js@1.24.1 eslint
> eslint src/*.js linebreak-style: [2, windows]


Oops! Something went wrong! :(

ESLint: 9.2.0

No files matching the pattern "linebreak-style: [2, windows]" were found.
Please check for typing mistakes in the pattern.

Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

See also test suite.

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

ain/smartbanner.js#750

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

Additional comments

No response

[mdjermanovic]

Hi @ain, thanks for the issue!

Can you please add the --debug flag, run again and share the output?

[aladdin-add]

eslint src/*.js linebreak-style: [2, windows]

the command should be eslint src/*.js --rule linebreak-style: [2, windows]. seems you were not using eslint directly, it might be a bug in the tool, not eslint itself.

[mdjermanovic]

eslint src/*.js linebreak-style: [2, windows]

the command should be eslint src/*.js --rule linebreak-style: [2, windows]. seems you were not using eslint directly, it might be a bug in the tool, not eslint itself.

Yes, I missed this line while reading the original post.

So, eslint's error message is correct given that the command to run eslint was eslint src/*.js linebreak-style: [2, windows]. The problem is that the --rule part of the command is lost somewhere in the process before running eslint.

This does not occur on Node.js v21.

I'd guess this is a problem with npm v10.7.0.