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Add note about editing config.json

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Nick Farina
2015-12-28 16:11:53 -08:00
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README.md
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**NOTE**: Your `config.json` file MUST live in your home directory inside `.homebridge`. The full error message will contain the exact path where your config is expected to be found. **NOTE**: Your `config.json` file MUST live in your home directory inside `.homebridge`. The full error message will contain the exact path where your config is expected to be found.
**REALLY IMPORTANT**: You must use a "plain text" editor to create or modify `config.json`. Do NOT use apps like TextEdit on Mac or Wordpad on Windows; these apps will corrupt the formatting of the file in hard-to-debug ways. I suggest using the free [Atom text editor](http://atom.io).
Once you've added your config file, you should be able to run Homebridge again: Once you've added your config file, you should be able to run Homebridge again:
$ homebridge $ homebridge
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{ {
"name": "homebridge", "name": "homebridge",
"description": "HomeKit support for the impatient", "description": "HomeKit support for the impatient",
"version": "0.2.12", "version": "0.2.13",
"scripts": { "scripts": {
"dev": "DEBUG=* ./bin/homebridge -D -P example-plugins/ || true" "dev": "DEBUG=* ./bin/homebridge -D -P example-plugins/ || true"
}, },