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+id: DRAFT-3
+title: Restructure pre-commit hooks to run only necessary checks depending on change
+status: Draft
+assignee: []
+created_date: '2026-05-15 08:41'
+labels: []
+dependencies: []
+---
+
+## Description
+
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:BEGIN -->
+Currently pre-commit hooks run the entire verification suite irrespectively of the change. This is inefficient and tedious. Some examples of annoyances.
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+1. Changes to /backlog items only need the pretty linter.
+2. Changes to documentation only need the pretty linter.
+3. Changes to the presto application only need to run the (upcoming) presto test suite.
+4. Possibly some other patterns, need to verify the complete repo structure.
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:END -->