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A lot of JS tools now will just take a js file that exports a configuration object (`.prettierrc.js`, `.eslintrc.js`, `.babelrc.js`). I find it very sensible.

- Allows code reuse.

- Allows configuration to be as dynamic as you want.

- Can use environment variables.

I suppose there are some cases where you can't trust the user in this way (running configuration code), but I think in a lot of cases you can, and it's generally more convenient.



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