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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 22.8.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+        args: [--exclude=""]
+
+  # this is not technically always safe but usually is
+  # use comments `# isort: off` and `# isort: on` to disable/re-enable isort
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+    rev: 5.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        args: [--profile=black]
+
+  # this is slightly dangerous because python imports have side effects
+  # and this tool removes unused imports, which may be providing
+  # necessary side effects for the code to run
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake
+    rev: v1.6.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: autoflake
+        args:
+          - "--in-place"
+          - "--expand-star-imports"
+          - "--remove-duplicate-keys"
+          - "--remove-unused-variables"
+          - "--remove-all-unused-imports"
+        exclude: "open-parser/__init__.py"
+
+  # run all unittests
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: unittests
+        name: unittests
+        entry: ./run_tests.sh
+        language: script
+        # Optional: Specify types of files that trigger this hook
+        # types: [python]
+        # Optional: Specify files or directories to exclude
+        # exclude: '^docs/'