diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+PYTHON := $(shell command -v python || command -v python3 || echo python)
+PIP := $(PYTHON) -m pip
+
+.PHONY: check checkinstall checkupdate install
+
+check: checkinstall
+	@echo "Running pre-commit checks..."
+	pre-commit run --all-files
+
+checkinstall: install
+	@echo "Installing pre-commit hooks..."
+	pre-commit install
+
+checkupdate: checkinstall
+	@echo "Updating pre-commit hooks..."
+	pre-commit autoupdate
+
+install:
+	@echo "Installing dependencies..."
+	@if [ -f requirements-dev.txt ]; then \
+		$(PIP) install -r requirements-dev.txt; \
+	else \
+		echo "Error: requirements-dev.txt not found."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
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+pre-commit