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     pre-commit install
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-Once the above is done you will have autoformatting and pep8 compliance built into your workflow. You will be notified of any pep8 errors during commits.
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+Once the above is done you will have autoformatting and pep8 compliance built into your workflow. You will be notified of any pep8 errors during commits.
+
+## `detect-secrets` hook
+We use this pre-commit hook to prevent new secrets from entering the code base.(For more info: https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets)
+- If the hook detects false positives, mark with an inline `pragma: allowlist secret` comment to ignore it.
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