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+{
+  root: true,
+  // When adding items to this file please check for effects on sub-directories.
+  "plugins": [
+    "mozilla",
+  ],
+  "extends": [
+    "eslint:recommended"
+  ],
+  "rules": {
+    "mozilla/components-imports": 1,
+    "mozilla/import-globals-from": 1,
+    "mozilla/this-top-level-scope": 1,
+
+    "array-bracket-spacing": [2, "never"],
+    "comma-dangle": 0,
+    "computed-property-spacing": [2, "never"],
+    "no-console": 1,
+    "no-trailing-spaces": [2, {"skipBlankLines": false}],
+    "no-undef": 2,
+    "no-unused-vars": 2,
+    "object-curly-spacing": [2, "never"],
+    "semi": [2, "always"],
+    "space-before-function-paren": [2, {"anonymous": "never", "named": "never"}]
+  },
+  "env": {
+    "browser": true,
+    "es6": true,
+    "mocha": true,
+  },
+  "globals": {
+    "StopIteration": true,
+    "__CONFIG__": true,
+    "Assert": true,
+    "add_task": true,
+    "Components": true,
+    "do_throw": true,
+    "do_check_true": true,
+    "gBrowser": true,
+    "BrowserTestUtils": true,
+    "BrowserOpenTab": true,
+  }
+}