Replace pre-commit with prek for improved linting performance (#110)

* chore: switch from pre-commit to prek
* style: prettier format CONTRIBUTING.md
* refactor: rename precommit nox session to prek_session and fix prek install docs
* Apply suggestions from code review

Signed-off-by: Nathaniel Starkman <nstarman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Nathaniel Starkman <nstarman@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ py -m install -v -e .[dev]
 
 # Pre-commit
 
-You should prepare pre-commit, which will help you by checking that commits pass
+You should prepare prek, which will help you by checking that commits pass
 required checks:
 
 ```bash
-pip install pre-commit # or brew install pre-commit on macOS
-pre-commit install # Will install a pre-commit hook into the git repo
+pipx install prek
+prek install # Will install a prek hook into the git repo
 ```
 
-You can also/alternatively run `pre-commit run` (changes only) or
-`pre-commit run --all-files` to check even without installing the hook.
+You can also/alternatively run `prek run` (changes only) or
+`prek run --all-files` to check even without installing the hook.
 
 # Testing
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ management and [`nox`](https://nox.thea.codes/) to run common tasks.
    on each commit:
 
    ```bash
-   uv run pre-commit install
+   uv run prek install
    ```
 
 ## Making changes
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ you:
 # Run the test suite
 uv run nox -s pytest
 
-# Run linters and type checks (pre-commit + pylint)
+# Run linters and type checks (prek + pylint)
 uv run nox -s lint
 
 # Build the documentation
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ If you prefer to run the tools directly within the synced environment:
 
 ```bash
 uv run pytest
-uv run pre-commit run --all-files
+uv run prek run --all-files
 ```
 
 ### A note on test data

noxfile.py

@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 @session(uv_groups=["lint"], reuse_venv=True)
 def lint(s: nox.Session, /) -> None:
     """Run the linter."""
-    precommit(s)  # reuse pre-commit session
+    precommit(s)  # reuse prek session
     pylint(s)  # reuse pylint session
 
 
 @session(uv_groups=["lint"], reuse_venv=True)
 def precommit(s: nox.Session, /) -> None:
-    """Run pre-commit."""
-    s.run("pre-commit", "run", "--all-files", *s.posargs)
+    """Run prek."""
+    s.run("prek", "run", "--all-files", *s.posargs)
 
 
 @session(uv_groups=["lint"], reuse_venv=True)

pyproject.toml

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ docs = [
   "sphinx_design>=0.5.0",
 ]
 lint = [
-  "pre-commit>=4.5.0",
+  "prek>=0.4.0",
   "pylint==4.0.4",
 ]
 nox = [