Nifty Pre-commit

Make pre-commit and other git hooks use your Python virtual environment when you commit from the Source Control view, plus run and install pre-commit.

Maintained. No sign-in. No telemetry. Works in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and other editors that use Open VSX.

The problem

You commit from VS Code's Source Control view and the commit fails with pre-commit: command not found, No module named black, or hooks running with the wrong Python. The same commit works in a terminal where your virtual environment is activated. It's one of the most upvoted open issues in the VS Code Python repo.

The reason: VS Code's Git extension runs git commit without your virtual environment on the PATH, so your hooks can't see the tools installed in it.

The fix

Install this extension. That's it.

A commit from the Source Control view runs the hooks with the project's .venv: pre-commit finds its tools and catches a stray print()

Run pre-commit on All Files from the Source Control toolbar, with the .venv's python

The status bar shows which environment git hooks use; clicking it shows the details

Hooks use your virtual environment. Commits from Source Control (and from any extension that runs git) get the environment's bin / Scripts folder first on the PATH, and VIRTUAL_ENV set, just like an activated terminal.
The right environment, automatically. It uses the interpreter selected in Microsoft's Python extension and follows you when you switch. Without it, it looks for .venv, venv or env in the workspace. Conda environments work too, or set one with nifty.pre-commit.environment.
See what hooks will use in the status bar (in projects with hooks), and click for details.
pre-commit commands: Run pre-commit on All Files (also on the Source Control toolbar), Run on Staged Files, Install pre-commit Hooks and Update pre-commit Hook Versions.
Reminds you to install hooks when a project has a .pre-commit-config.yaml but they aren't installed yet.

Works for any git hook, not only pre-commit: husky scripts that call Python tools, commit-msg checks and so on.

Commands

Command	What it does
`Nifty Pre-commit: Show Git Hook Environment`	Which environment hooks use, and which hooks are installed
`Nifty Pre-commit: Choose Environment for Git Hooks…`	Pick a virtual environment folder or python
`Nifty Pre-commit: Run pre-commit on All Files`	`pre-commit run --all-files` in a terminal
`Nifty Pre-commit: Run pre-commit on Staged Files`	`pre-commit run`
`Nifty Pre-commit: Install pre-commit Hooks`	`pre-commit install`
`Nifty Pre-commit: Update pre-commit Hook Versions`	`pre-commit autoupdate`

Settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`nifty.pre-commit.enabled`	`true`	Give git hooks your virtual environment
`nifty.pre-commit.environment`	`""`	A specific environment folder or python. Empty picks it automatically
`nifty.pre-commit.showInStatusBar`	`true`	Show the environment in the status bar
`nifty.pre-commit.suggestInstall`	`true`	Offer to install hooks when they're missing

Install

VS Code: search for "Nifty Pre-commit" in the Extensions view, or install from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Kiro, Antigravity: install from Open VSX.

Privacy

This extension collects no telemetry and needs no account.

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