diff --git a/gofmt.sh b/gofmt.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+fmtcount=`git ls-files | grep '.go$' | xargs gofmt -l 2>&1 | wc -l`
+if [ $fmtcount -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "run 'go fmt ./...' to format your source code."
+    exit 1
+fi