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@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ This is useful for running specific tests. The easiest way to set this up
is to run:
1. `tox --devenv venv` (note: requires tox>=3.13)
-2. `. venv/bin/activate`
+2. `. venv/bin/activate` (or follow the [activation instructions] for your
+ platform)
This will create and put you into a virtualenv which has an editable
installation of pre-commit. Hack away! Running `pre-commit` will reflect
@@ -144,3 +145,5 @@ This is usually the easiest to implement, most of them look the same as the
`node` hook implementation:
https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/blob/160238220f022035c8ef869c9a8642f622c02118/pre_commit/languages/node.py#L72-L74
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+[activation instructions]: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#activators