diff --git a/.hooks/pre-commit b/.hooks/pre-commit
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2026 The Grim Developers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+rustfmt --version &>/dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+	printf "[pre_commit] \033[0;31merror\033[0m: \"rustfmt\" not available. \n"
+	printf "[pre_commit] \033[0;31merror\033[0m: rustfmt can be installed via - \n"
+	printf "[pre_commit] $ rustup component add rustfmt-preview \n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+problem_files=()
+
+# first collect all the files that need reformatting
+for file in $(git diff --name-only --cached); do
+	if [ ${file: -3} == ".rs" ]; then
+		rustfmt --check $file &>/dev/null
+		if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+			problem_files+=($file)
+		fi
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ ${#problem_files[@]} == 0 ]; then
+  # nothing to do
+  printf "[pre_commit] rustfmt \033[0;32mok\033[0m \n"
+else
+  # reformat the files that need it and re-stage them.
+	printf "[pre_commit] the following files were rustfmt'd before commit: \n"
+  for file in ${problem_files[@]}; do
+    rustfmt $file
+    git add $file
+		printf "\033[0;32m    $file\033[0m \n"
+  done
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/rustfmt.toml b/rustfmt.toml
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+hard_tabs = true
+edition = "2024"