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+###################################################################################
+# NOTE: This file needs to be copied to .git/hooks/pre-commit to enable the hook.
+###################################################################################
+# Taken from https://github.com/edsrzf/gofmt-git-hook/blob/master/fmt-check
+# Runs gofmt on the changes before committing.
+# Aborts the commit with a warning if gofmt needs to be run first.
+###################################################################################
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_fmt() {
+    hash gofmt 2>&- || { echo >&2 "gofmt not in PATH."; exit 1; }
+    IFS='
+'
+    for file in `git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.go$'`
+    do
+        output=`git cat-file -p :$file | gofmt -l 2>&1`
+        if test $? -ne 0
+        then
+            output=`echo "$output" | sed "s,<standard input>,$file,"`
+            syntaxerrors="${list}${output}\n"
+        elif test -n "$output"
+        then
+            list="${list}${file}\n"
+        fi
+    done
+    exitcode=0
+    if test -n "$syntaxerrors"
+    then
+        echo >&2 "gofmt found syntax errors:"
+        printf "$syntaxerrors"
+        exitcode=1
+    fi
+    if test -n "$list"
+    then
+        echo >&2 "gofmt needs to format these files (run gofmt -w and git add):"
+        printf "$list"
+        exitcode=1
+    fi
+    exit $exitcode
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    --about )
+        echo "Check Go code formatting"
+        ;;
+    * )
+        test_fmt
+        ;;
+esac