From 631218d5f23453e0434d784943274a4a51f37d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Davis <6662995+endavis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 16:32:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add pre-commit exclude pattern guidance for
 large/generated dirs

Addresses #294
---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6111e67..e0cb19c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ repos:
         stages: [pre-commit]
       - id: check-added-large-files
         stages: [pre-commit]
+        # Add project-specific exclusions for large data/generated directories:
+        # exclude: ^(vendor/|fixtures/|data/)
       - id: check-toml
         stages: [pre-commit]
       - id: check-merge-conflict
         stages: [pre-commit]
       - id: detect-private-key
         stages: [pre-commit]
+        # Exclude directories with non-secret key-like patterns:
+        # exclude: ^(example-config/|test-fixtures/)
 
   # Conventional commits enforcement
   - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit