diff --git a/.githooks/commit-msg/commit-msg b/.githooks/commit-msg/commit-msg
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0e6d69b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/commit-msg/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Add a specific emoji to the end of the first line in every commit message
+# based on the conventional commits keyword.
+
+if [ ! -f "$1" ] || grep -q "fixup!" "$1"; then
+    # Exit if we didn't get a target file for some reason
+    # or we have a fixup commit
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+KEYWORD=$(head -n 1 "$1" | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/://')
+
+case $KEYWORD in
+    "feat"|"feat("*)
+        EMOJI=":sparkles:"
+        ;;
+    "fix"|"fix("*)
+        EMOJI=":bug:"
+        ;;
+    "docs"|"docs("*)
+        EMOJI=":books:"
+        ;;
+    "style"|"style("*)
+        EMOJI=":gem:"
+        ;;
+    "refactor"|"refactor("*)
+        EMOJI=":hammer:"
+        ;;
+    "perf"|"perf("*)
+        EMOJI=":rocket:"
+        ;;
+    "test"|"test("*)
+        EMOJI=":rotating_light:"
+        ;;
+    "build"|"build("*)
+        EMOJI=":package:"
+        ;;
+    "ci"|"ci("*)
+        EMOJI=":construction_worker:"
+        ;;
+    "chore"|"chore("*)
+        EMOJI=":wrench:"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        EMOJI=""
+        ;;
+esac
+
+MESSAGE=$(sed -E "1s/(.*)/\\1 $EMOJI/" <"$1")
+
+echo "$MESSAGE" >"$1"
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e4e8040d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "$PWD"/common/shell/colors.sh
+source "$PWD"/common/shell/ascii.sh
+
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+if [[ $branch == "main" || $branch == "develop" || $branch == release/* ]]; then
+  echo "${bold}You can't commit directly to protected branches"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+commit_msg_type_regex='feature|fix|refactor|style|test|docs|build'
+commit_msg_scope_regex='.{1,20}'
+commit_msg_description_regex='.{1,100}'
+commit_msg_regex="^(${commit_msg_type_regex})(\(${commit_msg_scope_regex}\))?: (${commit_msg_description_regex})\$"
+merge_msg_regex="^Merge branch '.+'\$"
+
+zero_commit="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+# Do not traverse over commits that are already in the repository
+excludeExisting="--not --all"
+
+error=""
+while read oldrev newrev refname; do
+    # branch or tag get deleted
+    if [ "$newrev" = "$zero_commit" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Check for new branch or tag
+    if [ "$oldrev" = "$zero_commit" ]; then
+        rev_span=$(git rev-list $newrev $excludeExisting)
+    else
+        rev_span=$(git rev-list $oldrev..$newrev $excludeExisting)
+    fi
+
+    for commit in $rev_span; do
+        commit_msg_header=$(git show -s --format=%s $commit)
+        if ! [[ "$commit_msg_header" =~ (${commit_msg_regex})|(${merge_msg_regex}) ]]; then
+            echo "$commit" >&2
+            echo "ERROR: Invalid commit message format" >&2
+            echo "$commit_msg_header" >&2
+            error="true"
+        fi
+    done
+done
+
+if [ -n "$error" ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/.githooks/pre-push/pre-push b/.githooks/pre-push/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2d8a3708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/pre-push/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "$PWD"/common/shell/colors.sh
+source "$PWD"/common/shell/ascii.sh
+
+while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha; do
+    if [[ "$local_ref" =~ ^refs/heads/ ]]; then
+        branch_name=$(echo "$local_ref" | sed 's|^refs/heads/||')
+
+        if [[ ! "$branch_name" =~ ^(feature|fix|hotfix|docs|refactor|build|test)/.*$ ]]; then
+            echo "${bold}Branch names must start with 'feature/', 'fix/', 'refactor/', 'docs/', 'test/' or 'hotfix/' followed by either a task id or feature name."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-receive/pre-receive b/.githooks/pre-receive/pre-receive
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e1aa30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/pre-receive/pre-receive
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+zero_commit="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+while read oldrev newrev refname; do
+
+    if [[ $oldrev == $zero_commit ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $refname == "refs/heads/main" && $newrev != $zero_commit ]]; then
+        branch_name=$(basename $refname)
+        
+        if [[ $branch_name == release/* ]]; then
+            continue
+        else
+            echo "Error: You can only merge branches that start with 'release/' into the main branch."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+done
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