diff --git a/.hooks/pre-commit b/.hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f3a3b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hooks/pre-commit
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+rustfmt --version &>/dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+        printf "[pre_commit] \033[0;31merror\033[0m: \"rustfmt\" not available. \n"
+        printf "[pre_commit] \033[0;31merror\033[0m: rustfmt can be installed via - \n"
+        printf "[pre_commit] $ rustup component add rustfmt-preview \n"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+problem_files=()
+
+# collect ill-formatted files
+for file in $(git diff --name-only --cached); do
+        if [ ${file: -3} == ".rs" ]; then
+                rustfmt --check $file &>/dev/null
+                if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+                        problem_files+=($file)
+                fi
+        fi
+done
+
+if [ ${#problem_files[@]} == 0 ]; then
+  # done
+  printf "[pre_commit] rustfmt \033[0;32mok\033[0m \n"
+else
+  # reformat the files that need it and re-stage them.
+  printf "[pre_commit] the following files were rustfmt'd before commit: \n"
+  for file in ${problem_files[@]}; do
+    rustfmt $file
+    git add $file
+    printf "\033[0;32m    $file\033[0m \n"
+  done
+fi
+
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/install-hook.sh b/scripts/install-hook.sh
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index 0000000..eafcf81
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+++ b/scripts/install-hook.sh
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+#!/bin/env bash
+# This script will install the provided directory ../.hooks as the hook
+# directory for the present repo. See there for hooks, including a pre-commit
+# hook that runs rustfmt on files before a commit.
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+HOOKS_DIR="${DIR}/../.hooks"
+
+git config core.hooksPath "$HOOKS_DIR"