diff --git a/util/git-hooks/applypatch-msg b/util/git-hooks/applypatch-msg
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+++ b/util/git-hooks/applypatch-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# A hook script to check the commit log message taken by
+# applypatch from an e-mail message (via git-am).
+# We simply do the same as for other commit messages
+#
+# The hook should exit with non-zero status after issuing an
+# appropriate message if it wants to stop the commit.  The hook is
+# allowed to edit the commit message file.
+#
+
+. git-sh-setup
+test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" &&
+	exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" ${1+"$@"}
+: