From 244d8b5d9a3086f7d6492ac1bf52a73d1a77a4dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodja Trappe <rodja@zauberzeug.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:12:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add info about failing pre-commit hook

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d48dae30e..3db8d687d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ pre-commit run --all-files
 ```
 
 These checks will also run automatically before every commit.
+The command may fail with
+
+```
+RuntimeError: failed to find interpreter for Builtin discover of python_spec='python3.8'
+```
+
+You'll need to install python3.8 and make sure it's available in your PATH.
 
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