diff --git a/.github/linters/.flake8 b/.github/linters/.flake8
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-[flake8]
-select: "F402,F404,F812,F823,F831,F821,F822,E112,E113,E901,E902,E999"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-flake.yml b/.github/workflows/build-flake.yml
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-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
-
-name: Check module can be imported
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "dev" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "dev" ]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flake8 pytest
-        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        # flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-    - name: Test that the module imports
-      run: |
-        pip install .
-        python -c "import py4DSTEM; print(py4DSTEM.__version__)"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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-repos:
-  # Using this mirror lets us use mypyc-compiled black, which is about 2x faster
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 23.11.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
-        # It is recommended to specify the latest version of Python
-        # supported by your project here, or alternatively use
-        # pre-commit's default_language_version, see
-        # https://pre-commit.com/#top_level-default_language_version
-        language_version: python3.9
-  # -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  #     rev: '6.1.0'  # pick a git hash / tag to point to
-  #     hooks:
-  #     -   id: flake8
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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-[tool.black]
-line-length = 88
-target-version = ['py39']
-# 'extend-exclude' excludes files or directories in addition to the defaults
-extend-exclude = '''
-# A regex preceded with ^/ will apply only to files and directories
-# in the root of the project.
-/(
-  ^/setup.py    # exclude a file named setup.py in the root of the project
-  | .*_pb2.py  # exclude autogenerated Protocol Buffer files anywhere in the project
-  | docs/
-)\
-'''
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