Add an option to require a specific pre-commit version

pre_commit/clientlib/validate_manifest.py

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ MANIFEST_JSON_SCHEMA = {
             'exclude': {'type': 'string', 'default': '^$'},
             'language': {'type': 'string'},
             'language_version': {'type': 'string', 'default': 'default'},
+            'minimum_pre_commit_version': {
+                'type': 'string', 'default': '0.0.0',
+            },
             'files': {'type': 'string'},
             'stages': {
                 'type': 'array',

pre_commit/repository.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import shutil
 from collections import defaultdict
 
+import pkg_resources
 from cached_property import cached_property
 
 from pre_commit import git
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ from pre_commit.prefixed_command_runner import PrefixedCommandRunner
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('pre_commit')
 
+_pre_commit_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(
+    pkg_resources.get_distribution('pre-commit').version
+)
+
 
 class Repository(object):
     def __init__(self, repo_config, repo_path_getter):
@@ -71,6 +76,18 @@ class Repository(object):
                     )
                 )
                 exit(1)
+            hook_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(
+                self.manifest.hooks[hook['id']]['minimum_pre_commit_version'],
+            )
+            if hook_version > _pre_commit_version:
+                logger.error(
+                    'The hook `{0}` requires pre-commit version {1} but '
+                    'version {2} is installed.  '
+                    'Perhaps run `pip install --upgrade pre-commit`.'.format(
+                        hook['id'], hook_version, _pre_commit_version,
+                    )
+                )
+                exit(1)
         return tuple(
             (hook['id'], dict(self.manifest.hooks[hook['id']], **hook))
             for hook in self.repo_config['hooks']