diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 01fe5009..affcecd7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 notebooks/** linguist-documentation
 docs/** linguist-documentation
-tests/unit/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/** linguist-documentation
\ No newline at end of file
+tests/unit/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/** linguist-documentation
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e596ad29..9506aa4f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,25 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
+      # Validate format
       - id: check-yaml
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-json
+      # Check for common mistakes
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      # - id: check-illegal-windows-names # TODO: Enable in next release
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-vcs-permalinks
+      - id: destroyed-symlinks
+      - id: detect-private-key
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+      - id: no-commit-to-branch # protects `main` by default
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     rev: v0.5.0
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 254815af..bcf7589f
--- a/binder/postBuild
+++ b/binder/postBuild
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ set -ex
 
 poetry config virtualenvs.create false
 poetry install --no-dev
-
diff --git a/docs/howto/access-data.md b/docs/howto/access-data.md
index 22f19521..f87a87f2 100644
--- a/docs/howto/access-data.md
+++ b/docs/howto/access-data.md
@@ -41,5 +41,3 @@ And that's it in just one line of code! This same piece of code will also work f
 
 
 > More examples coming soon!
-
-
diff --git a/docs/howto/cloud.md b/docs/howto/cloud.md
index d3557f72..ebfccf03 100644
--- a/docs/howto/cloud.md
+++ b/docs/howto/cloud.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Direct S3 access for cloud-based datasets
 
-Coming soon
\ No newline at end of file
+Coming soon
diff --git a/docs/howto/search-collections.md b/docs/howto/search-collections.md
index 9b4ee282..517b8629 100644
--- a/docs/howto/search-collections.md
+++ b/docs/howto/search-collections.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # how to search for data collections using spatial, temporal,  keyword filters
 
-Coming soon
\ No newline at end of file
+Coming soon
diff --git a/docs/howto/search-granules.md b/docs/howto/search-granules.md
index 06286eb9..2926dfa2 100644
--- a/docs/howto/search-granules.md
+++ b/docs/howto/search-granules.md
@@ -32,5 +32,3 @@ results = earthaccess.search_data(
 ```
 
 Now that we have our results we can do multiple things: We can iterate over them to get HTTP (or S3) links, we can download the files to a local folder, or we can open these files and stream their content directly to other libraries e.g. xarray.
-
-
diff --git a/docs/howto/storage-location.md b/docs/howto/storage-location.md
index f68773d1..83eac95a 100644
--- a/docs/howto/storage-location.md
+++ b/docs/howto/storage-location.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Determine if a data set is on-prem or in the cloud
 
-Coming soon
\ No newline at end of file
+Coming soon
diff --git a/docs/resources.md b/docs/resources.md
index 2421c7c2..341d8d7d 100644
--- a/docs/resources.md
+++ b/docs/resources.md
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
 * [earthaccess @ AGU poster](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OOSZzbHv6Ck4lzOE01FQdI4kX0VCfcVBS4pWCc7dtBo/edit?usp=sharing)
 
 * [NSIDC Cloud Data Access Guide](https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/nasa-earthdata-cloud-data-access-guide)
-
-
diff --git a/docs/user-reference/collections/collections-query.md b/docs/user-reference/collections/collections-query.md
index e554278f..a59e6926 100644
--- a/docs/user-reference/collections/collections-query.md
+++ b/docs/user-reference/collections/collections-query.md
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@
         show_source: false
         inherited_members: true
     show_source: false
-
diff --git a/docs/user-reference/collections/collections.md b/docs/user-reference/collections/collections.md
index c877360b..e83628b9 100644
--- a/docs/user-reference/collections/collections.md
+++ b/docs/user-reference/collections/collections.md
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
       inherited_members: true
     show_root_heading: true
     show_source: false
-
diff --git a/docs/user-reference/granules/granules-query.md b/docs/user-reference/granules/granules-query.md
index 78120c0d..75f1adb2 100644
--- a/docs/user-reference/granules/granules-query.md
+++ b/docs/user-reference/granules/granules-query.md
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@
       inherited_members: true
     show_root_heading: true
     show_source: false
-
diff --git a/docs/user-reference/granules/granules.md b/docs/user-reference/granules/granules.md
index 788949ef..e0bbd2c2 100644
--- a/docs/user-reference/granules/granules.md
+++ b/docs/user-reference/granules/granules.md
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
       inherited_members: true
     show_root_heading: true
     show_source: false
-
-
-