Setup Pre-requisite $ brew install ctags Git Config $ git config --global init.templatedir '~/.git_template' $ mkdir -p ~/.git_template Script Setup $ chmod +x hooks/* $ cp -r hooks ~/.git_template Re-init existing Git repos $ cd YOUR_GIT_REPO $ git init Resources http://tbaggery.com/2011/08/08/effortless-ctags-with-git.html