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title: "Validate your configuration locally with a pre-commit hook"
date: 2025-09-01
tags:
  - Rules
description: "Mergify's official pre-commit hook validates your configuration locally before you push."
---

You can now catch configuration errors before pushing by using [Mergify’s official pre-commit hook](https://docs.mergify.com/configuration/file-format/#validate-locally-with-pre-commit).