Add an option for configuring the path for JSHint.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ale_linters/javascript/jshint.vim b/ale_linters/javascript/jshint.vim
index 577e5c1b..a020ca0c 100644
--- a/ale_linters/javascript/jshint.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/javascript/jshint.vim
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ endif
 
 let g:loaded_ale_linters_javascript_jshint = 1
 
+let g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable =
+\   get(g:, 'ale_javascript_jshint_executable', 'jshint')
+
 function! ale_linters#javascript#jshint#GetCommand(buffer)
     " Set this to the location of the jshint configuration file to
     " use a fixed location for .jshintrc
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ function! ale_linters#javascript#jshint#GetCommand(buffer)
         let jshint_config = ale#util#FindNearestFile(a:buffer, '.jshintrc')
     endif
 
-    let command = 'jshint --reporter unix'
+    let command = g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable . ' --reporter unix'
 
     if !empty(jshint_config)
         let command .= ' --config ' . fnameescape(jshint_config)
@@ -69,14 +72,14 @@ endfunction
 
 call ALEAddLinter('javascript', {
 \   'name': 'jshint',
-\   'executable': 'jshint',
+\   'executable': g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable,
 \   'command_callback': 'ale_linters#javascript#jshint#GetCommand',
 \   'callback': 'ale_linters#javascript#jshint#Handle',
 \})
 
 call ALEAddLinter('javascript.jsx', {
 \   'name': 'jshint',
-\   'executable': 'jshint',
+\   'executable': g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable,
 \   'command_callback': 'ale_linters#javascript#jshint#GetCommand',
 \   'callback': 'ale_linters#javascript#jshint#Handle',
 \})
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index d52f8d77..bfe3cd8e 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ CONTENTS                                                         *ale-contents*
     4.5. shell..................................|ale-linter-options-shell|
     4.6. fortran-gcc............................|ale-linter-options-fortran-gcc|
     4.7. html-tidy..............................|ale-linter-options-html-tidy|
+    4.8. jshint.................................|ale-linter-options-jshint|
   5. API........................................|ale-api|
   6. Contact....................................|ale-contact|
 
@@ -399,6 +400,16 @@ g:ale_html_tidy_args                                     *g:ale_html_tidy_args*
   (mac), sjis (shiftjis), utf-16le, utf-16, utf-8
 
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+4.8. jshint                                         *ale-linter-options-jshint*
+
+g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable         *g:ale_javascript_jshint_executable*
+
+  Type: |String|
+  Default: `'jshint'`
+
+  This variable can be changed to change the path to jshint.
+
 ===============================================================================
 5. API                                                                *ale-api*