Clarify language around missing hooks. Resolves #386

2026-01-18 23:10:06 -06:00 · 2016-06-25 08:14:58 -07:00
parent 99edd0d5c9
commit 5547db93ef
2 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/pre_commit/repository.py
+++ b/pre_commit/repository.py
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class Repository(object):
                logger.error(
                    '`{0}` is not present in repository {1}.  '
                    'Typo? Perhaps it is introduced in a newer version?  '
-                    'Often `pre-commit autoupdate` fixes this.'.format(
+                    'Often you can fix this by removing the hook, running '
+                    '`pre-commit autoupdate`, '
+                    'and then adding the hook.'.format(
                        hook['id'], self.repo_config['repo'],
                    )
                )