[Question] SyntaxError: Parsing JSON at <path> for commitizen config failed:

[Kristinita]

1. Summary

I can't begin to use commitizen globally in my Windows.

2. Environment

• Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 64-bit EN,
• Node.js 9.4.0,
• npm 5.6.0.

3. Steps to reproduce

D:\SashaBranchReleaseIt>npm install -g commitizen
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\git-cz -> C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\bin\git-cz
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\commitizen -> C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\bin\commitizen
+ commitizen@2.9.6
updated 1 package in 8.143s

D:\SashaBranchReleaseIt>npm install -g cz-conventional-changelog
+ cz-conventional-changelog@2.1.0
updated 1 package in 1.217s

D:\SashaBranchReleaseIt>echo %HOME%
C:\Users\SashaChernykh

I create a file .czrc in C:\Users\SashaChernykh directory. It content:

echo '{ "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }' > ~/.czrc

I run git cz command in any my git repository.

4. Expected behavior

Successful usage commitizen.

5. Actual behavior

D:\SashaBranchReleaseIt>git cz
C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\configLoader\getContent.js:56
    throw error;
    ^

SyntaxError: Parsing JSON at C:\Users\SashaChernykh\.czrc for commitizen config failed:

    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\configLoader\getContent.js:40:17
    at readConfigContent (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\configLoader\getContent.js:46:18)
    at getConfigContent (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\configLoader\getContent.js:78:17)
    at loader (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\configLoader\loader.js:62:56)
    at Object.load (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\commitizen\configLoader.js:17:35)
    at Object.bootstrap (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\dist\cli\git-cz.js:26:70)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\SashaChernykh\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\commitizen\bin\git-cz.js:2:34)
    at Module._compile (module.js:660:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:671:10)

Thanks.

[Kristinita]

I'm sorry, stupid error.

Valid .czrc content is:

{ "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }

Thanks.

[coolseaman]

I made stupid mistakes, too.

[hxzhao527]

What is the difference?

[jimthedev]

Try deleting ~/.czrc then putting this in it:

{ "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }

[yly24]

The .czrc file content is: { "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }. it is still throw error, why?

[yly24]

I fixed it . I delete .czrc file and create new one by VScode.
.czrc file content:
{ "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }

[hxzhao527]

The difference is the charset. echo in Powershell produce .czrc with UTF-16, but UTF-8 is expected. So create .czrc manually with the same content works.

[LinusU]

Hmm, maybe load-json-file would have given better error messages. Anyone up for a PR? ☺️ 🙌

[hxzhao527]

@LinusU load-json-file not works.
According to the source code , index.js#L19 ,

module.exports = (filePath, options) => pify(fs.readFile)(filePath, 'utf8').then(data => parse(data, filePath, options));
module.exports.sync = (filePath, options) => parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'), filePath, options);

It reads content with UTF-8charset instead of UTF-16.
It will throw JSONError during parse, but the error message is not clear.

\node_modules\_parse-json@4.0.0@parse-json\index.js:31
		throw jsonErr;
		^
JSONError: Unexpected token � in JSON at position 0 while parsing near '��{

[dinglittle]

same question , thanks