Switch from `pre-commit` to `prek`

[jbampton]

"Although prek is pretty new, it's already powering real‑world projects like CPython, Apache Airflow, FastAPI, and more projects are picking it up—see Who is using prek?. If you're looking for an alternative to pre-commit, please give it a try—we'd love your feedback!"

https://github.com/j178/prek

https://prek.j178.dev

Example workflows:

https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/blob/master/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

https://github.com/apache/sedona/blob/master/.github/workflows/pre-commit-manual.yml

https://github.com/apache/sedona/blob/master/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

Quick read first:

https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/blob/master/PREK.md

Longer read:

https://github.com/apache/sedona/blob/master/docs/setup/compile.md#code-quality-checks-with-prek-uv-and-make

Example Makefile https://github.com/apache/sedona/blob/master/Makefile

refs #8491

refs #12836

ASF Approved:

https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-actions/blob/1affe4095bb84ec7d39f229556b6906232d39c92/approved_patterns.yml#L229

[github-actions]

🎯 Triage report

Maintainer proposes replacing pre-commit with prek (a Rust reimplementation) for the project's code-quality/pre-commit tooling, citing adoption by other Apache projects (Airflow) and example workflows from other ASF repos. This is a build/tooling improvement proposal, not a functional bug.

📊 Assessment

Dimension	Value	Reasoning
Type	type:improvement	Proposes swapping a dev-tooling dependency, no user-facing behavior change
Component	component:build	Affects CI/pre-commit build tooling configuration
Severity	n/a	Not a bug
Labels	type:improvement, component:build	See above
Coding agent	Needs more info	Change is fairly self-contained (swap tool + workflow config, per linked examples), but requires a maintainer decision on whether to adopt prek before implementation; not purely mechanical

🔗 Similar issues

No similar open issues found via search. References PRs #8491 and #12836 for related context (linked by the author).

💡 Notes and suggestions

The issue includes concrete reference implementations from apache/lucenenet and apache/sedona (PREK.md, Makefile, workflow YAML) that could be adapted directly. Since prek claims to be a drop-in replacement for pre-commit, the main decision point for maintainers is adoption policy rather than technical feasibility.

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