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@@ -47,11 +47,19 @@ Or for integration tests:
 uv run --group integration-test pytest test/integration
 ```
 
-## GitHooks
+## Git Hooks
 
 To activate automatic linting, formatting, branch name checks and commit message checks, run:
 
-```shell
+```bash
 uv run pre-commit install
 uv run pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg
 ```
+
+You might get an error along the lines of `Can't install pre-commit with core.hooksPath` set. To fix this, simply unset the hooksPath by running:
+
+```bash
+git config --local --unset core.hooksPath
+```
+
+Then run the pre-commit install commands again.