From b285cccb19e00d213cc3147e805084a97b6f4c6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:57:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] use git cat-file -e instead of git rev-list in _rev_exists

fixes #3604
---
 pre_commit/commands/hook_impl.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pre_commit/commands/hook_impl.py b/pre_commit/commands/hook_impl.py
index de5c8f34..ddfac519 100644
--- a/pre_commit/commands/hook_impl.py
+++ b/pre_commit/commands/hook_impl.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def _ns(
 
 
 def _rev_exists(rev: str) -> bool:
-    return not subprocess.call(('git', 'rev-list', '--quiet', rev))
+    return subprocess.call(('git', 'cat-file', '-e', rev)) == 0
 
 
 def _pre_push_ns(