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 ## Git integration via [pre-commit]
 
-Add this to your `.pre-commit-config.yaml`
+Create a `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file like this, or add the lines after the `repos` map
+preamble to an already existing one:
 
 ```yaml
 repos: