diff --git a/git-templates/description b/git-templates/description
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/applypatch-msg b/git-templates/hooks/applypatch-msg
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index 286ddfe653..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/applypatch-msg
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/applypatch-msg" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/applypatch-msg" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch b/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch
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index fd05e1ae52..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-applypatch" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/post-applypatch" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout b/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout
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index 95ea511b93..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-checkout" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/post-checkout" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-commit b/git-templates/hooks/post-commit
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index 23e4c3716b..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/post-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-commit" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/post-commit" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-merge b/git-templates/hooks/post-merge
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index 637492e5b0..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/post-merge
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-merge" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/post-merge" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-update b/git-templates/hooks/post-update
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index 674b57fc00..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/post-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-update" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/post-update" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch b/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch
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index 2ee6aea408..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-applypatch" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/pre-applypatch" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc b/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc
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index d4a2d30957..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-auto-gc" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/pre-auto-gc" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit b/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit
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index 232e4a539b..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-commit" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/pre-commit" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase b/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase
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index 535b78d5ea..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-rebase" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/pre-rebase" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg b/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
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index 7b6ebdf75c..0000000000
--- a/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ -e "build/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg" ] && exec sh "build/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg" "$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/info/exclude b/git-templates/info/exclude
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--- a/git-templates/info/exclude
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~