1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/eslint/bin/eslint.js b/tools/eslint/bin/eslint.js
index 0188c2e6000..5e0cc800c8c 100755
--- a/tools/eslint/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/tools/eslint/bin/eslint.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 var concat = require("concat-stream"),
+    configInit = require("../lib/config-initializer"),
     cli = require("../lib/cli");
 
 var exitCode = 0,
-    useStdIn = (process.argv.indexOf("--stdin") > -1);
+    useStdIn = (process.argv.indexOf("--stdin") > -1),
+    init = (process.argv.indexOf("--init") > -1);
 
 if (useStdIn) {
     process.stdin.pipe(concat({ encoding: "string" }, function(text) {
@@ -15,6 +17,17 @@ if (useStdIn) {
             exitCode = 1;
         }
     }));
+} else if (init) {
+    configInit.initializeConfig(function(err) {
+        if (err) {
+            exitCode = 1;
+            console.error(err.message);
+            console.error(err.stack);
+        } else {
+            console.log("Successfully created .eslintrc file in " + process.cwd());
+            exitCode = 0;
+        }
+    });
 } else {
     exitCode = cli.execute(process.argv);
 }