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+# eslintignore file would contain files/patterns that should
+# be ignored by the eslint json validator
+#
+# The below mentioned json files and directories are purposefully
+# made invalid in order to execute the unit tests, thus thse are
+# required to be ignored by the json validator.
+/host-bmc/test/host_effecter_jsons/malformed/*
+/host-bmc/test/host_effecter_jsons/no_json/*
+/libpldmresponder/test/pdr_jsons/state_effecter/malformed/*
+/libpldmresponder/test/pdr_jsons/state_sensor/malformed/*