diff --git a/INSTALL.sh b/INSTALL.sh
index 6e7ed4f..652adb0 100755
--- a/INSTALL.sh
+++ b/INSTALL.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/mas
 rm -rf ~/.bash_aliases 
 rm -rf ~/.gitconfig 
 rm -rf ~/.gitignore 
+rm -rf ~/.git_template
 rm -rf ~/.hushlogin 
 rm -rf ~/.vim 
 rm -rf ~/.vimrc 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ rm -rf ~/.pythonstartup.py
 ln -s $(pwd)/bash_aliases ~/.bash_aliases 
 ln -s $(pwd)/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig 
 ln -s $(pwd)/gitignore ~/.gitignore 
+ln -s $(pwd)/git_template ~/.git_template
 ln -s $(pwd)/hushlogin ~/.hushlogin 
 ln -s $(pwd)/vim ~/.vim 
 ln -s $(pwd)/vimrc ~/.vimrc 
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/post-checkout b/git_template/hooks/post-checkout
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50a0859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git_template/hooks/post-checkout
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -e bin/update_dependencies.sh ]; then
+    bin/update_dependencies.sh
+fi
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/post-merge b/git_template/hooks/post-merge
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50a0859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git_template/hooks/post-merge
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -e bin/update_dependencies.sh ]; then
+    bin/update_dependencies.sh
+fi
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/pre-push b/git_template/hooks/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2726a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git_template/hooks/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+protected_branch='master'  
+current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
+
+if [ $protected_branch = $current_branch ]  
+then  
+    read -p "You're about to push master, is that what you intended? [y|n] " -n 1 -r < /dev/tty
+    echo
+    if echo $REPLY | grep -E '^[Yy]$' > /dev/null
+    then
+        exit 0 # push will execute
+    fi
+    exit 1 # push will not execute
+else  
+    exit 0 # push will execute
+fi  
diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
index 56db317..c349220 100644
--- a/gitconfig
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@
 	oldHighlight = red bold 52
 	newNormal = green bold
 	newHighlight = green bold 22
+[init]
+	templatedir = ~/.git_template