diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 062e25d..7ab0934 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com for more information
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+# R specific hooks: https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit
 repos:
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
@@ -7,9 +8,5 @@ repos:
       name: up-dev-version
       description: Bumps the dev version in DESCRIPTION
       entry: pixi run up-dev
-# TODO add roxygenyze https://lorenzwalthert.github.io/precommit/articles/available-hooks.html
-# TODO add one that bumps dev version (manually write)
-# TODO check what each of these does
-# TODO add pre-commit to README
 # TODO check extrachecks
 # TODO check the email
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diff --git a/hook_scripts/up-dev-version.py b/hook_scripts/up-dev-version.py
index 53bb4e2..433a741 100644
--- a/hook_scripts/up-dev-version.py
+++ b/hook_scripts/up-dev-version.py
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
-from expression import pipe
+from expression import pipe             # functional programming
 from expression.collections import seq
-from icecream import ic
+from icecream import ic                 # debugging
 import sys
 from warnings import warn
-import subprocess
-# ic.disable()
+import subprocess                       # to run git commands
+import click                            # to get user input
+from pyprojroot.here import here        # to get the root of the project
+
+desc = here("DESCRIPTION")
+if not ("--debug" in sys.argv or "-d" in sys.argv): ic.disable()
+
+# input just to make sure
+try:
+  result = click.confirm("Do you want to up the dev version?", default=True)
+  if not result:
+    sys.exit(0)
+except click.Abort:
+  sys.exit(1)
+
 version = None
-with open('DESCRIPTION', 'r') as f:
+with open(desc, 'r') as f:
   lines = f.readlines() # to later write back to file
   for line_number, line in enumerate(lines):
     if 'Version:' in line:
@@ -22,7 +35,7 @@
   warn("Version not found in DESCRIPTION file, assuming release version")
   sys.exit(0)
 ic(not_dev, dev)
-print("Upping dev version before pushing")
+
 version = pipe(
   dev,
   int,
@@ -33,8 +46,8 @@
 ic(version)
 lines[version_line] = ic(f"Version: {version}\n")
 
-with open('DESCRIPTION', 'w') as f:
+with open(desc, 'w') as f:
   f.writelines(lines)
-
 subprocess.run(["git", "add", "DESCRIPTION"])
-subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", f"Version {version}"])
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+subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", f"Version {version}"])
+click.echo(f"Version {version} committed")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 7e57b32..16848fc 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ environments:
       win-64:
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/asttokens-2.4.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/cfgv-3.3.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/click-8.1.7-win_pyh7428d3b_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/colorama-0.4.6-pyhd8ed1ab_0.tar.bz2
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/distlib-0.3.8-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/executing-2.0.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ environments:
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/prompt_toolkit-3.0.42-hd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/pycparser-2.21-pyhd8ed1ab_0.tar.bz2
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/pygments-2.17.2-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/pyprojroot-0.3.0-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/radian-0.6.11-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/setuptools-69.0.3-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/six-1.16.0-pyh6c4a22f_0.tar.bz2
@@ -139,6 +141,23 @@ packages:
   license_family: MIT
   size: 10788
   timestamp: 1629909423398
+- kind: conda
+  name: click
+  version: 8.1.7
+  build: win_pyh7428d3b_0
+  subdir: noarch
+  noarch: python
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/click-8.1.7-win_pyh7428d3b_0.conda
+  sha256: 90236b113b9a20041736e80b80ee965167f9aac0468315c55e2bad902d673fb0
+  md5: 3549ecbceb6cd77b91a105511b7d0786
+  depends:
+  - __win
+  - colorama
+  - python >=3.8
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_family: BSD
+  size: 85051
+  timestamp: 1692312207348
 - kind: conda
   name: colorama
   version: 0.4.6
@@ -503,6 +522,21 @@ packages:
   license_family: BSD
   size: 860425
   timestamp: 1700608076927
+- kind: conda
+  name: pyprojroot
+  version: 0.3.0
+  build: pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  subdir: noarch
+  noarch: python
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/pyprojroot-0.3.0-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
+  sha256: 560cabb0d3e917d732ce729709f53407407e4b9f8d8e2ea0f399482e9406c26c
+  md5: a8cf267fb068e62490a8ae9f7918c7f0
+  depends:
+  - python >=3.7
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  size: 12705
+  timestamp: 1679412805849
 - kind: conda
   name: python
   version: 3.12.1
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index d3bf9de..7dab26a 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ pre-commit = ">=3.6.0,<3.7"
 radian = ">=0.6.11,<0.7"
 expression = ">=5.0.2,<5.1"
 icecream = ">=2.1.3,<2.2"
+click = ">=8.1.7,<8.2"
+pyprojroot = ">=0.3.0,<0.4"