diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# An example hook script to verify what is about to be committed.
+# Called by "git commit" with no arguments.  The hook should
+# exit with non-zero status after issuing an appropriate message if
+# it wants to stop the commit.
+#
+# To enable this hook, rename this file to "pre-commit".
+
+if ! shellcheck -S error NfsDiagnostics/nfsclientlogs.sh SMBDiagnostics/smbclientlogs.sh
+then 
+  echo "Shellcheck failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/enable-hooks.md b/enable-hooks.md
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+Run this command in repo's root directory to enable local validations: `git config core.hooksPath .githooks`