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 - Moved all files related to pkg-config to `pkgconfig/` subdirectory.
 - Added a new typedef `seal::seal_byte` for the unnecessarily capitalized `seal::SEAL_BYTE`.
+- Added `.pre-commit-config.yaml` (check out [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) if you are not familiar with this tool).
 
 ## Version 3.5.8
 
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 Microsoft SEAL uses a customized `.clang-format` configuration for C++ code styling.
 A script `tools/scripts/clang-format-all.sh` is provided to easily format all C++ sources and headers in the `native` directory.
+To ensure the code is properly formatted before making a pull request, we highly recommend using [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/).
+Note that the repository includes a `.pre-commit-config.yaml` that describes the appropriate formatting checks.
 
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