Remote pre-commit configuration

[nikaro]

It would be nice if we could include remote pre-commit-config files.
This would allow to have shared/centralized pre-commit config accross repositories.

For exemple in my repository I would have a .pre-commit-config.yaml which look like this:

includes:
  - https://github.com/j178/prek/raw/refs/heads/master/.pre-commit-config.yaml

# optional additions or overrides
repos:
  [...]

Inspiration taken from Task and its remote taskfiles.

[ulgens]

+1 on the idea, but I'd like to emphasize that this feature means having an internal package manager, and it comes with several challenges. Unless that package manager ticks every box described in https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html, it would be a risky thing to use maybe more than it's helpful.

[varac]

I'm also waiting for this feature for a long time (since pre-commit/pre-commit#731 basically). Looking forward for it !