JSHint options do not apply (Sublime3) - sublimetext3

Question

I've installed SublimeLinter and SublimeLinter-jshint and JSHint itself works. However, i'm not able to configure JSHint. I tried to add jshint settings to SublimeLinter.sublime-settings but it seems that there is no effect on JSHint.
This is what my settings (Preferences > Package Settings > SublimeLinter > Settings - User) look like:
{
"user": {
"debug": false,
"delay": 0.25,
"error_color": "D02000",
"gutter_theme": "Packages/SublimeLinter/gutter-themes/Default/Default.gutter-theme",
"gutter_theme_excludes": [],
"lint_mode": "background",
"linters": {
"jshint": {
"#disable": false,
"args": [],
"excludes": [],
"maxdepth": 1,
"strict": "global",
"sub": true
}
},
"mark_style": "outline",
"no_column_highlights_line": false,
"passive_warnings": false,
"paths": {
"linux": [],
"osx": [],
"windows": []
},
"python_paths": {
"linux": [],
"osx": [],
"windows": []
},
"rc_search_limit": 3,
"shell_timeout": 10,
"show_errors_on_save": false,
"show_marks_in_minimap": true,
"syntax_map": {
"html (django)": "html",
"html (rails)": "html",
"html 5": "html",
"javascript (babel)": "javascript",
"magicpython": "python",
"php": "html",
"python django": "python",
"pythonimproved": "python"
},
"warning_color": "DDB700",
"wrap_find": true
}
}
I've added some example settings like '"maxdepth": 1', but these rules do not apply. What is missing here?

Answer 1

From the Settings section of the README on Github, also available on the Package Control page:
You can configure jshint options in the way you would from the command line, with .jshintrc files. For more information, see the jshint docs. The linter plugin does this by searching for a .jshintrc file [...]
Read the full section and the linked docs for all the directions, then place a .jshintrc file where appropriate for your project.