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 Automatic translation
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 The ``past`` package can automatically translate some simple Python 2
 modules to Python 3 upon import. The goal is to support the "long tail" of
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ development, and will likely never be perfect.
 
 
 Pre-commit hooks
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 `Pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com/>`_ is a framework for managing and maintaining
 multi-language pre-commit hooks.