Option to disable when no .htmlhintrc file is found

lib/index.js

@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ let generateRange;
 let tinyPromisify;
 let stripJSONComments;
 
+// Configuration
+let disableWhenNoHtmlhintConfig;
+
+// Internal variables
 const phpEmbeddedScope = 'text.html.php';
 
+// Internal functions
 const getConfig = async (filePath) => {
   const readFile = tinyPromisify(fsReadFile);
   const configPath = await findAsync(dirname(filePath), '.htmlhintrc');
@@ -86,6 +91,9 @@ export default {
       // Add the current scopes
       Array.prototype.push.apply(this.grammarScopes, scopes);
     }));
+    this.subscriptions.add(atom.config.observe('linter-htmlhint.disableWhenNoHtmhintConfig', (value) => {
+      disableWhenNoHtmlhintConfig = value;
+    }));
   },
 
   deactivate() {
@@ -123,6 +131,9 @@ export default {
         loadDeps();
 
         const ruleset = await getConfig(filePath);
+        if (!ruleset && disableWhenNoHtmlhintConfig) {
+          return null;
+        }
 
         const messages = HTMLHint.verify(text, ruleset || undefined);
 

package.json

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
       "items": {
         "type": "string"
       }
+    },
+    "disableWhenNoHtmhintConfig": {
+      "title": "Disable when no HTMLHint config is found",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true
     }
   },
   "scripts": {