diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit b/hooks/pre-commit
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-readonly reset=$(tput sgr0)
-readonly red=$(tput bold; tput setaf 1)
-readonly green=$(tput bold; tput setaf 2)
-
-exit_code=0
-
-echo -ne "Checking that it builds... "
-if ! OUT=$(make 2>&1); then
-  echo
-  echo "${red}${OUT}"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-# Check if changes to Godeps are reproducible...
-files=($(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter ACM | grep "Godeps"))
-if [[ "${#files[@]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo -ne "Check if changes to Godeps are reproducible (this is pretty slow)..."
-  if ! OUT=$("hack/verify-godeps.sh" 2>&1); then
-    echo
-    echo "${red}${OUT}"
-    exit_code=1
-  else
-    echo "${green}OK"
-  fi
-  echo "${reset}"
-
-  echo -ne "Check if Godep licenses are up to date..."
-  if ! OUT=$("hack/verify-godep-licenses.sh" 2>&1); then
-    echo
-    echo "${red}${OUT}"
-    exit_code=1
-  else
-    echo "${green}OK"
-  fi
-  echo "${reset}"
-fi
-
-echo -ne "Checking for files that need gofmt... "
-files_need_gofmt=()
-files=($(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter ACM | grep "\.go" | grep -v -e "^third_party" -e "^vendor"))
-for file in "${files[@]}"; do
-  # Check for files that fail gofmt.
-  diff="$(git show ":${file}" | gofmt -s -d 2>&1)"
-  if [[ -n "$diff" ]]; then
-    files_need_gofmt+=("${file}")
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ "${#files_need_gofmt[@]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Some files have not been gofmt'd. To fix these errors, "
-  echo "copy and paste the following:"
-  echo "  gofmt -s -w ${files_need_gofmt[@]}"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for package aliases... "
-if ! hack/verify-pkg-names.sh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Some package aliases break go conventions. To fix these errors, "
-  echo "do not use capitalized or underlined characters in pkg aliases. "
-  echo "Refer to https://blog.golang.org/package-names for more info."
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for files that need boilerplate... "
-files=($(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter ACM))
-# We always make sure there is one file in the files list. Some tools check
-# the whole repo if they get no files, so in fact, this is much faster on
-# git commit --amend
-if [[ ${#files[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-  files+=("README.md")
-fi
-out=($(hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py "${files[@]}"))
-if [[ "${#out}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Some files are missing the required boilerplate header"
-  echo "from hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.*.txt:"
-  for f in "${out[@]}"; do
-    echo "  ${f}"
-  done
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for problems with flag names... "
-invalid_flag_lines=$(hack/verify-flags-underscore.py "${files[@]}")
-if [[ "${invalid_flag_lines:-}" != "" ]]; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "There appear to be problems with the following:"
-  for line in "${invalid_flag_lines[@]}"; do
-    echo "  ${line}"
-  done
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for API descriptions... "
-files_need_description=()
-# Check API schema definitions for field descriptions
-for file in $(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter ACM | egrep "pkg/api/v.[^/]*/types\.go" | grep -v "third_party"); do
-  # Check for files with fields without description tags
-  descriptionless=$(hack/verify-description.sh "${file}" > /dev/null; echo $?)
-  if [[ "$descriptionless" -ne "0" ]]; then
-    files_need_description+=("${file}")
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ "${#files_need_description[@]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Some API files are missing the required field descriptions."
-  echo "Add description tags to all non-inline fields in the following files:"
-  for file in "${files_need_description[@]}"; do
-    echo "  ${file}"
-  done
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for swagger type documentation that need updating... "
-if ! hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Swagger type documentation needs to be updated."
-  echo "To regenerate the spec, run:"
-  echo "  hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for swagger spec that need updating... "
-if ! hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Swagger spec needs to be updated."
-  echo "To regenerate the spec, run:"
-  echo "  hack/update-swagger-spec.sh"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for openapi spec that need updating... "
-if ! hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Openapi spec needs to be updated."
-  echo "To regenerate the spec, run:"
-  echo "  hack/update-openapi-spec.sh"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-echo -ne "Checking for federation openapi spec that need updating... "
-if ! hack/verify-federation-openapi-spec.sh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Federation OpenAPI spec needs to be updated."
-  echo "To regenerate the spec, run:"
-  echo "  hack/update-federation-openapi-spec.sh"
-  exit_code=1
-else
-  echo "${green}OK"
-fi
-echo "${reset}"
-
-if [[ "${exit_code}" != 0 ]]; then
-  echo "${red}Aborting commit${reset}"
-fi
-exit ${exit_code}
-
-# ex: ts=2 sw=2 et filetype=sh