diff --git a/.jshintignore b/.jshintignore
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+++ b/.jshintignore
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+core/misc/backbone
+core/misc/ckeditor
+core/misc/create
+core/misc/farbtastic
+core/misc/html5.js
+core/misc/jquery.ba-bbq.js
+core/misc/jquery.form.js
+core/misc/jquery.js
+core/misc/jquery.once.js
+core/misc/modernizr
+core/misc/normalize
+core/misc/ui
+core/misc/underscore
+core/misc/vie
+core/modules/tour/js/jquery.joyride-2.0.3.js
+core/vendor
+sites
+modules
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
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+{
+"browser"     : true, // Can use default global variables like document, window, etc.
+"curly"       : true, // Require {} in if, for
+"eqeqeq"      : true, // Require strict equals
+"expr"        : true, // Drupal-specific, needs to be evaluated individually during review
+"forin"       : true, // Drupal-specific, already fixed core bugs
+"latedef"     : true, // Define functions before using them
+"newcap"      : true, // Drupal Coding Standard
+"noarg"       : true, // Can't use arguments.callee or arguments.caller
+"trailing"    : true, // Make sure there is no trailing spaces
+"undef"       : true, // Variables has to be defined before use
+"predef"      : [
+    "Drupal",
+    "drupalSettings",
+    "jQuery",
+    "_",
+    "matchMedia",
+    "Backbone",
+    "VIE",
+    "CKEDITOR"
+  ] // Drupal-specific
+}