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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@

+repos:

+-   repo: https://github.com/ambv/black

+    rev: 19.3b0

+    hooks:

+    - id: black

+      language_version: python3.7

+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks

+    rev: v2.1.0

+    hooks:

+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer

+    -   id: trailing-whitespace

+-   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8

+    rev: 3.7.4

+    hooks:

+    -   id: flake8

+        args: ['--max-line-length=500', '--ignore=E203,E266,E501,W503', '--max-complexity=18', '--select=B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9']

@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ please setup the git filter by executing

 in the repository.

+We implement several other checks in order to maintain a consistent code style. We do this using [pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com), execute

+

+.. code:: bash

+

+    pre-commit install

+

+in the repository.

+

 Credits

 -------

@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ steps:

 - script: ./check_whitespace

   continueOnError: true

   displayName: 'Whitespace check'

+

+- script: |

+    source activate adaptive

+    black . --check -t py36

+  displayName: 'Run lint tests'

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pytest

 pytest-cov

 pytest-randomly

 pytest-timeout

+pre_commit