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Setup Pre Commit

Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing.

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setup-pre-commit

Setup Pre-Commit Hooks

What This Sets Up

Husky pre-commit hook
lint-staged running Prettier on all staged files
Prettier config (if missing)
typecheck and test scripts in the pre-commit hook

Steps

1. Detect package manager

Check for package-lock.json (npm), pnpm-lock.yaml (pnpm), yarn.lock (yarn), bun.lockb (bun). Use whichever is present. Default to npm if unclear.

2. Install dependencies

Install as devDependencies:

husky lint-staged prettier

3. Initialize Husky

npx husky init

This creates dir and adds to package.json.

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Setup Pre Commit

Setup Pre-Commit Hooks

What This Sets Up

Steps

1. Detect package manager

2. Install dependencies

3. Initialize Husky

4. Create `.husky/pre-commit`

5. Create `.lintstagedrc`

6. Create `.prettierrc` (if missing)

7. Verify

8. Commit

Notes

Setup Pre-Commit Hooks

What This Sets Up

Steps

1. Detect package manager

2. Install dependencies

3. Initialize Husky

4. Create .husky/pre-commit

5. Create .lintstagedrc

6. Create .prettierrc (if missing)

7. Verify

8. Commit

Notes

4. Create `.husky/pre-commit`

5. Create `.lintstagedrc`

6. Create `.prettierrc` (if missing)