5 engineers on Hacker News describe using pre-commit first-hand: 2 endorse it, 1 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“Use pre-commit hooks for client-side validation, and run the same checks in CI as well. I've been using this setup for years without any issues.”
endorse · production · r2vcap · 2025-12-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It's a really good way to share check definitions between local development and CI”
endorse · production · andrewaylett · 2025-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'm beginning to feel both tox and pre-commit are more trouble than they are worth”
regret · production · appplication · 2023-11-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“pre-commit manages its own dependencies. This leads to surprising behavior if you aren't expecting it.”
mixed · production · kortex · 2021-12-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“tooling keep those stubs in sync... and runs on pre-commit.”
neutral · production · Syntaf · 2026-06-09 · source ↗ · wrong label?