PRE-COMMIT-VALIDATE-MANIFEST(1)

✨ pre-commit-validate-manifest — bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a lil page from the pre-commit manual (User Commands section, if you're keeping track 💅) and it's literally about checking that your .pre-commit-hooks.yaml files aren't a whole mess.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pre-commit-validate-manifest — validate .pre-commit-hooks.yaml files 🎀

no cap, that's the whole job. it looks at your manifest and goes "mmm this is valid" or "bestie… no."

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pre-commit validate-manifest [-h] [--color {auto,always,never}]
[filenames ...]

that's the shape of it. nothing scary. we love a compact synopsis. ✨

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

🫶 POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS 🫶

• filenames — the file(s) you want checked, bestie. drop them in and let the tool do its thing. 📁

💅 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS 💅

• -h, --help — shows you a help message and then exits. your classic "wait what does this do again" button. iconic, honestly. 🆘
• --color {auto,always,never} — decides whether the output gets that cute lil color treatment or stays plain. it takes one of exactly three values: auto, always, or never. and it defaults to auto, so if you don't say anything it'll figure it out itself. main character energy fr fr. 🌈

ngl the vibes here are: pass always if you want color no matter what, never if you want it gone, and auto if you trust the process. those are the only three options though — don't get creative, it's not that kind of party. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole pre-commit friend group, all linked up because they roll together:

• pre-commit-autoupdate(1)
• pre-commit-clean(1)
• pre-commit-gc(1)
• pre-commit-init-templatedir(1)
• pre-commit-install(1)
• pre-commit-install-hooks(1)
• pre-commit-migrate-config(1)
• pre-commit-run(1)
• pre-commit-sample-config(1)
• pre-commit-try-repo(1)
• pre-commit-uninstall(1)
• pre-commit-validate-config(1)
• pre-commit-help(1)

and of course, the mothership herself:

• pre-commit(1)

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that's the whole page, bestie. go validate those manifests. you got this. 💜

this lil slice of manual came from pre-commit, dated February 2025 — and the page itself is filed under the PRE-COMMIT-VALIDATE-MANIFEST(1) name, just so you always know where home is. 🎀✨