From 7523b714051ad4c6df6cbb3b86442dfb5ddaaa86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Ramsay <git@jwr.vc>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:11:32 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: init script (closes #132)

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md |  8 ++++++++
 scripts/init    | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/init

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 68120c82..1e784e99 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 If you want to contribute to Hercule, please use a GitHub pull request.
 This is the fastest way for features and fixes to be reviewed and merged it into the code base.
 
+To do this, clone the repo and run:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/init
+```
+
+This will install the necessary dependencies and configure project git hooks.
+
 ## Getting started
 
 The process of submitting a pull request is fairly straightforward and generally follows the same pattern each time:
diff --git a/scripts/init b/scripts/init
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..41d28d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Script to initialize repo
+# - install required node packages
+# - install git hooks
+
+
+node=`which node 2>&1`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Please install NodeJS."
+  echo "http://nodejs.org/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+npm=`which npm 2>&1`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Please install NPM."
+fi
+
+
+echo "Installing required npm packages..."
+npm install
+
+echo "Installing git hooks..."
+ln -sf commit-msg .git/hooks/commit-msg
+ln -sf pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-commit