Allow setting of PRE_COMMIT_HOME in configuration file about pre-commit.com HOT 6 CLOSED

because the point of the cache is it is shared, there is nothing project specific about the things installed into it

your assumption about pre-commit gc is entirely wrong, pre-commit keeps track of the repositories on disk that are using pre-commit and will not purge in-use repositories. the problem you're describing simply does not exist

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I will not add a configuration value for something which is against the design of the project

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Your prerogative 😁
I'm just getting started with pre-commit and this seemed like something that might break things to me. Sorry for not immediately grasping what is going on underneath the covers. 🙇

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your assumption about pre-commit gc is entirely wrong, pre-commit keeps track of the repositories on disk that are using pre-commit and will not purge in-use repositories. the problem you're describing simply does not exist

Question. Does it also take versions of repositories into account?

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yes and it's very easy to validate by trying it

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Thanks. I just confirmed that it did, at least for the limited test I performed.

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