diff --git a/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/0ReadMe_git-hooks.txt b/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/0ReadMe_git-hooks.txt
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+This dirctory contains a set of git hook scripts which are useful when 
+working with this repository to make the git commit id available when 
+building simulators to uniquely identify the inputs to that build.  
+
+It is ONLY useful for folks who clone this as a repository and build
+in the working directory of that repository.
+
+Folks who download zip archives of the repository do not currently
+have the ability to get the commit id which the archive is a snapshot 
+of.  Work is being done to solve this issue for uses of the archive
+snapshots as well.
+
+To use these scripts automatically, copy these files to the .git/hooks 
+directory of the current repository.  This can be done with the 
+following commands:
+
+    $ cd Visual\ Studio\ Projects/git-hooks
+    $ chmod +x post*
+    $ cp post* ../../.git/hooks/
+
+
+
+Note:  You ONLY need to copy these hook scripts once for a particular 
+       clone of the repository.  Once these are installed they will 
+       survive as you pull subsequent revisions from the github repo.
+
+       If you clone the repository to another platform, then you'll 
+       need to copy the hooks to the .git/hooks directory again.
diff --git a/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-checkout b/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-checkout
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# A hook script that is called after a successful
+# checkout to record the commit-id in the working directory.
+git log -1 --pretty="%H" >.git-commit-id
diff --git a/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-commit b/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-commit
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# A hook script that is called after a successful
+# commit is made to record the commit-id in the working directory.
+git log -1 --pretty="%H" >.git-commit-id
diff --git a/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-merge b/Visual Studio Projects/git-hooks/post-merge
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# A hook script that is called after a successful merge
+# to record the commit-id in the working directory.
+git log -1 --pretty="%H" >.git-commit-id