update best-practices config to prevent parameter object manipulation

added good/bad examples of parameter mutation to the readme

README.md

@@ -629,6 +629,35 @@ Other Style Guides
   const y = function a() {};
   ```
 
+- [7.12](#7.12) <a name="7.12"></a> Never mutate parameters.
+
+  > Why? Overwriting parameters can lead to unexpected behavior, especially when accessing the `arguments` object. Manipulating objects passed in as parameters can cause unwanted variable side effects in the original caller.
+
+  eslint rules: [`no-param-reassign`](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-param-reassign.html).
+
+  ```javascript
+  // bad
+  function f(a){
+    a = 1;
+  }
+  function f(a){
+    if (!a) { a = 1; }
+  }
+  function f(obj){
+    obj.key = 1;
+  };
+
+  // good
+  function f(a){
+    const b = (a || 1);
+  }
+  function f(a = 1){
+  }
+  function f(obj){
+    const key = obj.hasOwnProperty('key') ? obj.key ? 1;
+  };
+  ```
+
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 ## Arrow Functions

packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/best-practices.js

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ module.exports = {
     // var foo = 'Copyright \251';
     'no-octal-escape': 2,
     // disallow reassignment of function parameters
-    'no-param-reassign': 2,
+    // disallow parameter object manipulation
+    'no-param-reassign': [2, { 'props': true }],
     // disallow use of process.env
     'no-process-env': 0,
     // disallow usage of __proto__ property