docs(cli): use brew for lefthook install instructions (#42)

c1219decb52f64f33b83d4eb44a964c1133fa6e4 · 2026-03-29 00:19:04 -0700 · Trevin Chow

go install puts the binary in ~/go/bin which isn't reliably in PATH
for git hooks, especially when invoked by GUI apps or agent tools.
brew install puts it in /opt/homebrew/bin which is universally available.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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commit c1219decb52f64f33b83d4eb44a964c1133fa6e4
Author: Trevin Chow <trevin@trevinchow.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 29 00:19:04 2026 -0700

    docs(cli): use brew for lefthook install instructions (#42)
    
    go install puts the binary in ~/go/bin which isn't reliably in PATH
    for git hooks, especially when invoked by GUI apps or agent tools.
    brew install puts it in /opt/homebrew/bin which is universally available.
    
    Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 README.md | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abd308b9..ae3b2686 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -356,12 +356,10 @@ Synthesized from post-mortems on Notion and Linear runs. 14 changes to the skill
 After cloning, install git hooks so lint errors are caught before they reach CI:
 
 ```bash
-go install github.com/evilmartians/lefthook@latest
-~/go/bin/lefthook install
+brew install lefthook
+lefthook install
 ```
 
-> **Note:** If `lefthook` isn't found after `go install`, your `$GOPATH/bin` (`~/go/bin` by default) may not be in your `PATH`. Either use the full path as shown above, or add `export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"` to your `~/.zshrc`.
-
 This adds a pre-push hook that runs `golangci-lint` on changed files. The same linter config (`.golangci.yml`) runs in CI — lefthook just catches failures locally first.
 
 If you also want `golangci-lint` locally:

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