Pre-commit: .pre-commit-hooks.yaml does not exist

[jeunii]

Its my first time using pre-commit today.

I first installed it using brew install pre-commit on my macbook.

pre-commit --version
pre-commit 1.18.3

Then in my repo I have a file (created and committed) .pre-commit-hooks.yaml whose contents are

- id: trailing-whitespace
  name: Trim Trailing Whitespace
  entry: trailing-whitespace-fixer

And then I create a file .pre-commit-config.yaml whose contents are

repos:
- repo:<URL>/test-repo
  rev: master
  hooks:
  - id: trailing-whitespace

When I run pre-commit run -a, I get the Error

pre_commit.clientlib.InvalidManifestError:
=====> /Users/yser/.cache/pre-commit/repo08_hn1ux/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml does not exist

Would you know what this happens ?

[asottile]

probably because you're using unsupported master and are being confused by the cache? it probably "fixes" itself by using pre-commit clean but you shouldn't be using mutable references to begin with (prefer tags / sha revisions)

[jeunii]

@asottile Thanks for your suggestion. pre-commit clean worked for me like a charm. It worked with the master tag. But since its something that is not recommended, ill revert to tag/SHA.

[asottile]

cheers -- thanks for the issue :tada: