--- a
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+default_stages:
+  - commit
+
+repos:
+# these lines taken from https://pre-commit.com/
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v2.3.0
+  hooks:
+  -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+  -   id: trailing-whitespace
+
+- repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake
+  rev: v2.1.1
+  hooks:
+  -   id: autoflake
+      args:
+        - -i