Release Notes
Released on 2026-08-03.
Enhancements
- Add --require-group for hook group intersections (#2472)
- Align fast-path and builtin pre-commit hooks (#2433)
- Do not shuffle file list for verbose output (#2431)
- Improve top-level command descriptions (#2429)
- Install uv from Astral CDN and drop source racing (#2455)
- Make prek install --force bypass external hooks paths (#2437)
- Show builtin hook flags in verbose list output (#2427)
- Verify uv release archive checksums (#2456)
Performance
- Precompute file tags in parallel (#2440)
- Skip diffs after known hook modifications (#2447)
- Skip worktree diffs for read-only languages (#2432)
- Track builtin hook file changes directly (#2404)
Bug fixes
- Use full object IDs in diff snapshots (#2448)
Documentation
- Add a multi-repository configuration example (#2434)
- Rewrite benchmark documentation (#2469)
Contributors
- @j178
- @BitWeaverDev
- @allanlewis
Install prek 0.4.12
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.4.12/prek-installer.sh | sh
Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.4.12/prek-installer.ps1 | iex"
Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew
brew install prek
Download prek 0.4.12
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prek-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz │Apple Silicon macOS │checksum
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prek-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz │Intel macOS │checksum
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prek-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip │ARM64 Windows │checksum
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prek-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip │x86 Windows │checksum
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prek-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip │x64 Windows │checksum
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prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz │ARM64 Linux │checksum
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prek-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz │x86 Linux │checksum
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prek-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz │RISCV Linux │checksum
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prek-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz │S390x Linux │checksum
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prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz │x64 Linux │checksum
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prek-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz │ARMv7 Linux │checksum
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prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz │ARM64 MUSL Linux │checksum
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prek-i686-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz │x86 MUSL Linux │checksum
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prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz │x64 MUSL Linux │checksum
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prek-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz │ARMv6 MUSL Linux (Hardfloat)│checksum
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prek-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz │ARMv7 MUSL Linux │checksum
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Verifying GitHub Artifact Attestations
The artifacts in this release have attestations generated with GitHub Artifact Attestations. These can be verified by using the GitHub CLI:
gh attestation verify --repo j178/prek
You can also download the attestation from GitHub and verify against that directly:
gh attestation verify --bundle