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+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/m-kuhn/vcpkg-pre-commit
+  rev: v0.1.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: vcpkg-format
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 ## Contributions
 
 Contributions are very welcome 👋
+
+### Using pre-commit hook to automatically format files
+
+Install and enable pre-commit in your local git clone to automatically
+have manifest files formatted whenever you `git commit` something.
+
+```console
+pip install pre-commit
+pre-commit install
+```
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