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@@ -7,3 +7,16 @@ Tests:
  - runs `go vet` on each module
  - runs `goimports` on all source (excluding generating protobuf `.pb.go` files)
  - checks for large (>1MiB) files
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install this commit globally by adding the following to your
+`~/.gitconfig`:
+
+```
+[core]
+	hookspath = /home/username/git/hooks
+```
+
+and then copying the executable, named as `pre-commit`, to the directory you
+named in `hookspath`.