code: function getLocalConfig(thisConfig, directory) {
    var found,
      i,
      localConfig,
      localConfigFile,
      config = {},
      localConfigFiles = thisConfig.findLocalConfigFiles(directory),
      numFiles = localConfigFiles.length,
      rootPath,
      projectConfigPath = path.join(process.cwd(), LOCAL_CONFIG_FILENAME);
  
    for (i = 0; i < numFiles; i++) {
  
      localConfigFile = localConfigFiles[i];
  
          // Don't consider the personal config file in the home directory,
          // except if the home directory is the same as the current working directory
      if (localConfigFile === PERSONAL_CONFIG_PATH && localConfigFile !== projectConfigPath) {
        continue;
      }
  
          // If root flag is set, don't consider file if it is above root
      if (rootPath && !pathIsInside(path.dirname(localConfigFile), rootPath)) {
        continue;
      }
  
      localConfig = loadConfig(localConfigFile);
  
          // Don't consider a local config file found if the config is empty.
      if (!Object.keys(localConfig).length) {
        continue;
      }
  
          // Check for root flag
      if (localConfig.root === true) {
        rootPath = path.dirname(localConfigFile);
      }
  
      found = true;
      config = util.mergeConfigs(localConfig, config);
    }
  
      // Use the personal config file if there are no other local config files found.
    return found ? config : util.mergeConfigs(config, getPersonalConfig());
  }
docs: Get a local config object.
  @param {Object} thisConfig A Config object.
  @param {string} directory The directory to start looking in for a local config file.
  @returns {Object} The local config object, or an empty object if there is no local config.