diff --git a/git-templates/description b/git-templates/description
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+++ b/git-templates/description
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# 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 000000000..bc62ba94b
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+++ b/git-templates/hooks/applypatch-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/applypatch-msg" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/applypatch-msg" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/commit-msg b/git-templates/hooks/commit-msg
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index 000000000..6d4ef8878
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+++ b/git-templates/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/commit-msg" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/commit-msg" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch b/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9f970733e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/post-applypatch
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-applypatch" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/post-applypatch" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout b/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..257943435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/post-checkout
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-checkout" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/post-checkout" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-commit b/git-templates/hooks/post-commit
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6b1c6c90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/post-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-commit" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/post-commit" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-merge b/git-templates/hooks/post-merge
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..706530631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/post-merge
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-merge" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/post-merge" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/post-update b/git-templates/hooks/post-update
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b0fe1c52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/post-update
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/post-update" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/post-update" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch b/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c37aa4add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/pre-applypatch
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-applypatch" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/pre-applypatch" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc b/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0b87a0f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/pre-auto-gc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-auto-gc" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/pre-auto-gc" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit b/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f5ea25c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-commit" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/pre-commit" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase b/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dd01fddce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/pre-rebase
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/pre-rebase" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/pre-rebase" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg b/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c76199663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -e "build/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg" ] && exec bash "build/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg" "$@"
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-templates/info/exclude b/git-templates/info/exclude
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index 000000000..a5196d1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-templates/info/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# 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]
+# *~