diff --git a/git_hooks/pre-push b/git_hooks/pre-push
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+++ b/git_hooks/pre-push
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Pushing to Gitlab..."
+git push git@gitlab.com:flyingscorpio/SetupCockpit.git master
diff --git a/symlink_git_hooks.sh b/symlink_git_hooks.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+HOOK_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/hooks
+for hook in "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/git_hooks/*; do
+  # If the hook already exists, is executable, and is not a symlink
+  if [ ! -h "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" ] && [ -x "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" ]; then
+    mv "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" "$HOOK_DIR/$hook.local"
+  fi
+  # create the symlink, overwriting the file if it exists
+  # probably the only way this would happen is if using an old version of git,
+  # -- back when the sample hooks were not executable, instead of being named ____.sample
+  ln -s -f "$hook" "$HOOK_DIR/"
+done