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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 22.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+        args: [--line-length=88, --target-version=py38]
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 3.9.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        args: # arguments to configure flake8
+          # making isort line length compatible with black
+          - "--max-line-length=88"
+          - "--max-complexity=18"
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: check-json
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+    rev: 5.10.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        args: ["--filter-files" ]