Include external json config file for JSHINT Options, also added XML Checkstyle output for use with CI such as Jenkins - create a task to merge the start and end xml files with the output data from jshint to create your checkstyle report (see comments)

jshint-config.json

{
    "smarttabs" : true,
    "-W099" : true
}

jshint-runner.js

// PhantomJS doesn't support bind yet
Function.prototype.bind = Function.prototype.bind || function (thisp) {
    var fn = this;
    return function () {
        return fn.apply(thisp, arguments);
    };
};
 
(function(p) {
    
    if (p.args.length < 2) {
        console.log('Usage: phantomjs phantom-jshint-runner.js jshint-2.1.4.js path/to/optional/jshint-config.json path/to/optional/jshint-reports-out.xml');
        p.exit(1);
    }
	
    var fs = require('fs'),
        jshintfile = p.args[0],
        jsfile = p.args[1];
        jshintconfig = p.args[2] || "",
        jshintresults = p.args[3] || "",
        options = {},
        results = "",
        hasPassed = true;
        
        console.log('phantomjs> jshint> Checking file: '+jsfile);    
 
    if (!fs.isReadable(jsfile)) {
        console.log('phantomjs> jshint> Unreadable file: '+jsfile);
        p.exit(1);
    }
 
    if (!p.injectJs(jshintfile)) {
        console.log('phantomjs> jshint> Could not inject jshint.');
        p.exit(1);
    }
    
    if (jshintconfig.length > 0) {    
        if (!fs.isReadable(jshintconfig)) {
            console.log('phantomjs> jshint> Could not read (optional) jshint json object config that was set!');
            p.exit(1);
        }
        
        options = JSON.parse(fs.read(jshintconfig));
    }
    
    JSHINT(fs.read(jsfile), options);
    
    /* If running against a single file enable the 
     * starting syntax of the xml report to be written,
     * Otherwise build your report file with your 
     * task runner and combine a start and end xml file
     * with the results data for all files reported!
     * 
    results += '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n'
    		+ '<checkstyle version="4.3">\n';
    */
 
    if (JSHINT.errors.length > 0) {
    	results += '<file name="' + jsfile.split(/(\\|\/)/g).pop() + '">\n';
    	
        JSHINT.errors.forEach(function(err) {
        	results += '<error line="' + err.line + '" column="' + err.character + '" severity="error" message="' + err.reason + '"/>\n';
            console.log("phantomjs> jshint> Failed: "+jsfile + ':' + err.line + ' [' + err.character + '] ' + err.reason);
        });
        
        results += '</file>\n';
 
        hasPassed = false;
    } else {
        console.log("phantomjs> jshint> Passed!");
    }
    
    /* If running against a single file enable the 
     * ending syntax of the xml report to be written,
     * Otherwise build your report file with your 
     * task runner and combine a start and end xml file
     * with the results data for all files reported!
     *
    results += '</checkstyle>';
    */
    
    if (jshintresults.length > 0) {
	    try {
	    	console.log("phantomjs> jshint> writing coverage data...");
	    	
	        f = fs.open(jshintresults, "a");
	        f.write(results);
	        f.close();
	        
	        console.log("phantomjs> jshint> writing coverage data completed!");
	    } catch(e) {
	        console.log(e);
	        console.log("phantomjs> jshint> Unable to save coverage data!");
	        
	        hasPassed = false;
	    }
    }
    
    p.exit(hasPassed ? 0 : 1); 
}(phantom));

report-end.xml

</checkstyle>

report-start.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<checkstyle version="4.3">