Release Notes
Released on 2026-03-16.
Call for testing
If you run prek in GitHub CI, please try j178/prek-action@v2.0.0-beta.4. The 2.0 beta series rewrites the action in TypeScript, adds semver range support for prek-version, and verifies downloaded prek archives with published SHA-256 checksums. We'd appreciate any bug reports.
Enhancements
- Allow selectors for hook ids containing colons (#1782)
- Rename
prek install-hookstoprek prepare-hooksandprek install --install-hookstoprek install --prepare-hooks(#1766) - Retry auth-failed repo clones with terminal prompts enabled (#1761)
Performance
- Optimize
detect_private_keyby chunked reading and using aho-corasick (#1791) - Optimize
fix_byte_order_markerby shifting file contents in place (#1790)
Bug fixes
- Align stage defaulting behavior with pre-commit (#1788)
- Make sure child output is drained in the PTY subprocess (#1768)
- fix(golang): use
GOTOOLCHAIN=localwhen probing system go (#1797)
Documentation
- Disambiguate “hook” terminology by renaming "Git hooks" to "Git shims" (#1776)
- Document compatibility with pre-commit (#1767)
- Update configuration.md with TOML 1.1 notes (#1764)
Other changes
- Sync latest identify tags (#1798)
Contributors
- @github-actions
- @j178
- @pcastellazzi
- @deadnews
- @copilot-swe-agent
Install prek 0.3.6
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.3.6/prek-installer.sh | shInstall prebuilt binaries via powershell script
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.3.6/prek-installer.ps1 | iex"Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew
brew install j178/tap/prekInstall prebuilt binaries into your npm project
npm install @j178/prek@0.3.6Download prek 0.3.6
| File | Platform | Checksum |
|---|---|---|
| prek-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | Apple Silicon macOS | checksum |
| prek-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | Intel macOS | checksum |
| prek-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip | ARM64 Windows | checksum |
| prek-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip | x86 Windows | checksum |
| prek-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip | x64 Windows | checksum |
| prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | ARM64 Linux | checksum |
| prek-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | x86 Linux | checksum |
| prek-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | RISCV Linux | checksum |
| prek-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | S390x Linux | checksum |
| prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | x64 Linux | checksum |
| prek-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz | ARMv7 Linux | checksum |
| prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | ARM64 MUSL Linux | checksum |
| prek-i686-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | x86 MUSL Linux | checksum |
| prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | x64 MUSL Linux | checksum |
| prek-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz | ARMv6 MUSL Linux (Hardfloat) | checksum |
| prek-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz | ARMv7 MUSL Linux | checksum |
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 <file-path of downloaded artifact> --repo j178/prekYou can also download the attestation from GitHub and verify against that directly:
gh attestation verify <file-path of downloaded artifact> --bundle <file-path of downloaded attestation>