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Title: Agent config to discourage truncated prek outputs · Issue #1717 · usethis-python/usethis-python · GitHub

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Description: In #1595, the agent ran this: uv run --frozen prek -a 2>&1 | tail -30 In fact, tail -30 is not enough lines - this repo has a lot of hooks at this truncated output made the agent conclude things were passing, when in fact there were hidd...

Open Graph Description: In #1595, the agent ran this: uv run --frozen prek -a 2>&1 | tail -30 In fact, tail -30 is not enough lines - this repo has a lot of hooks at this truncated output made the agent conclude things we...

X Description: In #1595, the agent ran this: uv run --frozen prek -a 2>&1 | tail -30 In fact, tail -30 is not enough lines - this repo has a lot of hooks at this truncated output made the agent conclude th...

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