replaced json -> hjson loader

package.json

@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@
     "hammerjs": "^2.0.8",
     "helmet": "3.8.2",
     "history": "^3.0.0",
+    "hjson": "^3.1.1",
+    "hjson-loader": "^1.0.0",
     "immutability-helper": "^2.2.0",
     "imports-loader": "^0.7.1",
     "inquirer": "^3.2.2",
     "inquirer-autocomplete-prompt": "^0.12.1",
     "ioredis": "3.1.4",
     "joi": "^10.6.0",
-    "json-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^7.4.3",
     "jwt-decode": "^2.2.0",
     "keymaster": "^1.6.2",

plugins.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const resolve = require('resolve');
 const debug = require('debug')('talk:plugins');
 const Joi = require('joi');
 const amp = require('app-module-path');
+const hjson = require('hjson');
 const pkg = require('./package.json');
 
 const PLUGINS_JSON = process.env.TALK_PLUGINS_JSON;
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ try {
     pluginsPath = defaultPlugins;
   }
 
-  plugins = require(pluginsPath);
+  // Load/parse the plugin content using hjson.
+  const pluginContent = fs.readFileSync(pluginsPath, 'utf8');
+  plugins = hjson.parse(pluginContent);
 } catch (err) {
   if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
     console.error(

webpack.config.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const config = {
         },
       },
       {
-        loader: 'json-loader',
+        loader: 'hjson-loader',
         test: /\.(json|yml)$/,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
       },

yarn.lock

@@ -4022,6 +4022,16 @@ history@^3.0.0:
     query-string "^4.2.2"
     warning "^3.0.0"
 
+hjson-loader@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hjson-loader/-/hjson-loader-1.0.0.tgz#d6547d77eebbfc8ab9df45c1db90c6c061cc88fc"
+  dependencies:
+    loader-utils "^0.2.12"
+
+hjson@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hjson/-/hjson-3.1.1.tgz#eaab95eebc6c0c749442219a817d9b4ff0070dd2"
+
 hmac-drbg@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hmac-drbg/-/hmac-drbg-1.0.1.tgz#d2745701025a6c775a6c545793ed502fc0c649a1"
@@ -5076,7 +5086,7 @@ jsmin@1.x:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsmin/-/jsmin-1.0.1.tgz#e7bd0dcd6496c3bf4863235bf461a3d98aa3b98c"
 
-json-loader@^0.5.4, json-loader@^0.5.7:
+json-loader@^0.5.4:
   version "0.5.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-loader/-/json-loader-0.5.7.tgz#dca14a70235ff82f0ac9a3abeb60d337a365185d"
 
@@ -5327,7 +5337,7 @@ loader-runner@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loader-runner/-/loader-runner-2.3.0.tgz#f482aea82d543e07921700d5a46ef26fdac6b8a2"
 
-loader-utils@^0.2.15:
+loader-utils@^0.2.12, loader-utils@^0.2.15:
   version "0.2.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-0.2.17.tgz#f86e6374d43205a6e6c60e9196f17c0299bfb348"
   dependencies: