From 596ae27185e1e22651f9fc0e6b6d51b8e27f6dd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Lamprecht <mindrun@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:29:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate support for `now.json` and `package.json` (#489)

* Removed now.json from readme

* Emit warning message if using now.json or package.json
---
 README.md    | 2 +-
 bin/serve.js | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab867e3a..040fef2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Now you understand how the package works! :tada:
 
 ## Configuration
 
-To customize `serve`'s behavior, create a `serve.json` file and insert any of [these properties](https://github.com/zeit/serve-handler#options). In addition, `serve` will also detect `now.json` files if they contain the `static` property.
+To customize `serve`'s behavior, create a `serve.json` file and insert any of [these properties](https://github.com/zeit/serve-handler#options).
 
 ## API
 
diff --git a/bin/serve.js b/bin/serve.js
index 5147cf0a..665389a5 100755
--- a/bin/serve.js
+++ b/bin/serve.js
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ const loadConfig = async (cwd, entry, args) => {
 		Object.assign(config, content);
 		console.log(info(`Discovered configuration in \`${file}\``));
 
+		if (file === 'now.json' || file === 'package.json') {
+			console.error(warning('The config files `now.json` and `package.json` are deprecated. Please use `serve.json`.'));
+		}
+
 		break;
 	}