v0.2.4

j178/prekv0.2.4Oct 7, 2025by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on usability improvements, adding `.prekignore` support for directory filtering, optimizing parallel job handling in auto-update, and fixing file extension handling.

Key Highlights

  • Add `.prekignore` to ignore directories from project discovery
  • Make `prek auto-update --jobs` default to 0 (max available parallelism)
  • Convert extension to lowercase before checking file tags
  • Support pass multiple files like `prek run --files a b c d`

New Features

  • Directory ignore support
  • Multiple file input support
  • Auto-update optimization

Full Release Notes

## Release Notes

Released on 2025-10-07.

### Enhancements

- Add support for `.prekignore` to ignore directories from project discovery ([#826](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/826))
- Make `prek auto-update --jobs` default to 0 (which uses max available parallelism) ([#833](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/833))
- Improve install message when installing for a subproject ([#847](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/847))

### Bug fixes

- Convert extension to lowercase before checking file tags ([#839](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/839))
- Support pass multiple files like `prek run --files a b c d` ([#828](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/828))

### Documentation

- Add requests-cache to "Who is using prek" ([#824](https://github.com/j178/prek/pull/824))

### Contributors

- @SigureMo
- @j178

## Install prek 0.2.4

### Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

```sh
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-installer.sh | sh
```

### Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

```sh
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-installer.ps1 | iex"
```

### Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

```sh
brew install j178/tap/prek
```

## Download prek 0.2.4

|  File  | Platform | Checksum |
|--------|----------|----------|
| [prek-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | Apple Silicon macOS | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | Intel macOS | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | ARM64 Windows | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256) |
| [prek-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | x86 Windows | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256) |
| [prek-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | x64 Windows | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256) |
| [prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | ARM64 Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | x86 Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | PPC64 Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | PPC64LE Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | RISCV Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | S390x Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | x64 Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz) | ARMv7 Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) | ARM64 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-i686-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) | x86 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-i686-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) | x64 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz) | ARMv6 MUSL Linux (Hardfloat) | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz.sha256) |
| [prek-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz) | ARMv7 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/j178/prek/releases/download/v0.2.4/prek-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz.sha256) |