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-# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for info on hooks
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v2.5.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-added-large-files
-      - id: check-ast
-      - id: check-toml
-      - id: check-yaml
-      - id: debug-statements
-      - id: detect-private-key
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: flake8
-        name: Flake8 on commit diff
-        description: This hook limits Flake8 checks to changed lines of code.
-        entry: bash
-        args: [-c, 'git diff HEAD | flake8 --diff --max-line-length=88']
-
-exclude: ^pelican/tests/output/