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+import sys
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+PYTHON_BIN = sys.executable
+HOOK_SCRIPT_PATH = Path(".hooks/kicad_cli_tools.py")
+HOOK_TYPE = "pre-push"
+
+HOOK_PATH = Path(f".git/hooks/{HOOK_TYPE}")
+
+# used if the hook path already exists we dont want to over write anything you have in there
+# we would append however all of the default hooks have and `exit 0` which means it wont run
+OLD_HOOK_PATH = Path(f".git/hooks/{HOOK_TYPE}-old")
+
+if (os.path.exists(HOOK_PATH)):
+    os.rename(HOOK_PATH, OLD_HOOK_PATH)
+
+with open(HOOK_PATH, "w") as txt:
+    txt.writelines([
+        "#!/bin/sh\n", #shebang
+        f"{PYTHON_BIN} {HOOK_SCRIPT_PATH}\n"
+        "exit 0\n" #make sure she closes
+    ])
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