diff --git a/.vscode/.gitignore b/.vscode/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..161fdfa6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# GitShift personal account configuration
+github-accounts.json
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..f5745b78bb 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config))).catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
index 01e5198671..0415d31616 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
   const path = require('path');
   const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
-  // NOTE: ESLint adds runtime statistics to the output (so it's no longer JSON) if TIMING is set
-  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'), {
-    env: {
-      ...process.env,
-      TIMING: undefined,
-    }
-  })));
+  try {
+    // NOTE: ESLint adds runtime statistics to the output (so it's no longer JSON) if TIMING is set
+    module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'), {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        TIMING: undefined,
+      }
+    })));
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error loading whitespace config:', error.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..f5745b78bb 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config))).catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
index 01e5198671..0415d31616 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
   const path = require('path');
   const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
-  // NOTE: ESLint adds runtime statistics to the output (so it's no longer JSON) if TIMING is set
-  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'), {
-    env: {
-      ...process.env,
-      TIMING: undefined,
-    }
-  })));
+  try {
+    // NOTE: ESLint adds runtime statistics to the output (so it's no longer JSON) if TIMING is set
+    module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'), {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        TIMING: undefined,
+      }
+    })));
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error loading whitespace config:', error.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }