Make pre-commit optional

Fixes #457

Author: sverhoeven

copier.yml

@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ AddOnlineDocumentation:
   default: "{{ template_profile != 'minimum' }}"
   help: Online documentation using Read the Docs
 
+AddPreCommit:
+  when: "{{ template_profile == 'ask' }}"
+  type: bool
+  default: "{{ template_profile != 'minimum' }}"
+  help: Add Pre-commit hooks to check code style and quality
 
 # internal fields
 _subdirectory: template

template/README.dev.md.jinja

@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ ruff . --fix
 
 To fix readability of your code style you can use [yapf](https://github.com/google/yapf).
 
+{% if AddPreCommit -%}
 You can enable automatic linting with `ruff` on commit by enabling the git hook from `.githooks/pre-commit`, like so:
 
 ```shell
 git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks
 ```
+{%- endif %}
 
 ## Generating the API docs