How to pass in package.json array to grunt.js

Question

is there a way to pass in an array to grunt.js from the package.json file? I\'ve tried a few different ways and none of them seem to work. I currently have:

Answer 1

Since gruntjs in run in node you can access the package.json like:

var package = require('./package.json'),
    property = package.property[0];

Answer 2

grunt.initConfig({
  lint: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json').lint,
});

Answer 3

I think that the <%= … %> syntax (variable interpolation in Underscore's template system) can only output strings, not arrays/objects.

Try this instead:

lint: {
    files: '<config:pkg.lint>'
}

I found this syntax in Grunt's jQuery init task.