Avoid JSON imports when querying Python interpreters

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Query interpreter versions and installation paths without importing json in Python and pygrep health checks. Preserve UTF-8 paths, including embedded newlines and trailing whitespace.

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📦 Cargo Bloat Comparison

.text size change: -0.78% (12.9 MiB → 12.8 MiB)

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Head Branch Results

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0.0%   0.2%  27.1KiB              prek prek::archive::unpack::<fs_err::tokio::file::File, &std::path::PathBuf>::{closure#0}
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4.1%  87.1%  11.2MiB                   And 20671 smaller methods. Use -n N to show more.
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⚡️ Hyperfine Benchmarks

Summary: 0 regressions, 0 improvements above the 10% threshold.

Environment

• OS: Linux 6.17.0-1022-azure
• CPU: 4 cores
• prek version: prek 0.5.4+4 (349b8a3 2026-09-29)
• Rust version: rustc 1.98.1 (48a229cea 2026-09-01)
• Hyperfine version: hyperfine 1.20.0

CLI Commands

Benchmarking basic commands in the main repo:

prek --version

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base --version	2.2 ± 0.1	2.1	2.6	1.03 ± 0.07
prek-head --version	2.1 ± 0.1	2.0	2.6	1.00

prek list

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base list	8.9 ± 0.1	8.7	9.2	1.00
prek-head list	9.0 ± 0.1	8.8	9.3	1.01 ± 0.01

prek validate-config .pre-commit-config.yaml

⏭️ Skipped: .pre-commit-config.yaml not found

prek sample-config

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base sample-config	2.5 ± 0.1	2.4	3.2	1.02 ± 0.05
prek-head sample-config	2.5 ± 0.1	2.4	2.6	1.00

Cold vs Warm Runs

Comparing first run (cold) vs subsequent runs (warm cache):

prek run --all-files (cold - no cache)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run --all-files	19.4 ± 1.2	18.3	22.1	1.03 ± 0.07
prek-head run --all-files	18.8 ± 0.3	18.4	19.4	1.00

prek run --all-files (warm - with cache)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run --all-files	18.6 ± 0.2	18.0	19.0	1.00
prek-head run --all-files	18.8 ± 0.4	18.4	20.5	1.01 ± 0.03

Full Hook Suite

Running the builtin hook suite on the benchmark workspace:

prek run --all-files (full builtin hook suite)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run --all-files	18.9 ± 0.3	18.3	19.7	1.00 ± 0.02
prek-head run --all-files	18.9 ± 0.3	18.1	19.6	1.00

Individual Hook Performance

Benchmarking each hook individually on the test repo:

prek run trailing-whitespace --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run trailing-whitespace --all-files	8.1 ± 0.1	7.9	8.4	1.01 ± 0.02
prek-head run trailing-whitespace --all-files	8.1 ± 0.1	7.8	8.2	1.00

prek run end-of-file-fixer --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run end-of-file-fixer --all-files	7.4 ± 0.1	7.2	7.5	1.00
prek-head run end-of-file-fixer --all-files	7.4 ± 0.1	7.3	7.6	1.00 ± 0.01

prek run check-json --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-json --all-files	6.6 ± 0.3	6.4	7.8	1.02 ± 0.04
prek-head run check-json --all-files	6.5 ± 0.1	6.4	6.6	1.00

prek run check-yaml --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-yaml --all-files	6.8 ± 0.1	6.7	7.4	1.01 ± 0.02
prek-head run check-yaml --all-files	6.8 ± 0.1	6.6	6.9	1.00

prek run check-toml --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-toml --all-files	6.6 ± 0.1	6.5	6.7	1.00
prek-head run check-toml --all-files	6.6 ± 0.1	6.4	6.7	1.00 ± 0.01

prek run check-xml --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-xml --all-files	7.4 ± 0.3	7.1	8.3	1.00
prek-head run check-xml --all-files	7.5 ± 0.5	7.0	9.2	1.02 ± 0.08

prek run detect-private-key --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run detect-private-key --all-files	7.0 ± 0.1	6.8	7.2	1.00 ± 0.02
prek-head run detect-private-key --all-files	7.0 ± 0.1	6.8	7.2	1.00

prek run fix-byte-order-marker --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run fix-byte-order-marker --all-files	7.1 ± 0.3	6.9	8.5	1.02 ± 0.05
prek-head run fix-byte-order-marker --all-files	7.0 ± 0.1	6.8	7.1	1.00

Installation Performance

Benchmarking hook installation (fast path hooks skip Python setup):

prek install-hooks (cold - no cache)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base install-hooks	4.4 ± 0.0	4.3	4.4	1.01 ± 0.02
prek-head install-hooks	4.3 ± 0.1	4.3	4.4	1.00

prek install-hooks (warm - with cache)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base install-hooks	4.4 ± 0.1	4.3	4.4	1.00
prek-head install-hooks	4.4 ± 0.1	4.4	4.5	1.01 ± 0.02

File Filtering/Scoping Performance

Testing different file selection modes:

prek run (staged files only)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run	19.4 ± 0.2	19.2	19.9	1.00
prek-head run	19.6 ± 0.2	19.3	20.1	1.01 ± 0.01

prek run --files '*.json' (specific file type)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run --files '*.json'	5.1 ± 0.1	5.0	5.3	1.01 ± 0.02
prek-head run --files '*.json'	5.1 ± 0.1	4.9	5.2	1.00

Workspace Discovery & Initialization

Benchmarking hook discovery and initialization overhead:

prek run --dry-run --all-files (measures init overhead)

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run --dry-run --all-files	6.7 ± 0.1	6.6	6.8	1.00
prek-head run --dry-run --all-files	6.7 ± 0.1	6.6	6.8	1.00 ± 0.01

Meta Hooks Performance

Benchmarking meta hooks separately:

prek run check-hooks-apply --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-hooks-apply --all-files	7.9 ± 0.1	7.8	8.0	1.00 ± 0.01
prek-head run check-hooks-apply --all-files	7.9 ± 0.1	7.8	8.0	1.00

prek run check-useless-excludes --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run check-useless-excludes --all-files	7.8 ± 0.1	7.7	8.1	1.00
prek-head run check-useless-excludes --all-files	7.8 ± 0.1	7.7	8.0	1.00 ± 0.02

prek run identity --all-files

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
prek-base run identity --all-files	6.9 ± 0.1	6.8	7.1	1.01 ± 0.02
prek-head run identity --all-files	6.8 ± 0.1	6.8	6.9	1.00