diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v3.4.0  # Use the ref you want to point at
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: go-checks
+        name: Go checks
+        entry: ./scripts/go-checks.sh
+        types: [file, go]
+        pass_filenames: true
+        language: system
+        description: Run gofmt and lint on files included in the commit.
+
diff --git a/commitlint.config.js b/commitlint.config.js
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+module.exports = {
+  extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
+  rules: {
+    'type-enum': [2, 'always', ['build', 'chore', 'ci', 'docs', 'feat', 'fix', 'perf', 'refactor', 'revert', 'style', 'test', 'example']],
+  },
+  defaultIgnores: false,
+}