diff --git a/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml b/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
index 2f19577d..8227441b 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
+++ b/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@
     pull.args = ["--ff-only"]
 
 ### Git Template
-[".config/git/template/_/husky.sh"]
-    type = "file"
-    url = "https://github.com/typicode/husky/raw/main/husky.sh"
-    refreshPeriod = "{{ $refreshPeriod }}"
+# [".config/git/template/_/husky.sh"]
+#     type = "file"
+#     url = "https://github.com/typicode/husky/raw/main/husky.sh"
+#     refreshPeriod = "{{ $refreshPeriod }}"
 
 ### GPG
 [".gnupg/gpg.conf"]
diff --git a/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl b/home/.chezmoiscripts/disabled/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl
similarity index 68%
rename from home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl
rename to home/.chezmoiscripts/disabled/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl
index 3e7f4108..9889917f 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl
+++ b/home/.chezmoiscripts/disabled/run_onchange_after_08-git-hooks.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-{{- if (eq .host.distro.family "linux") -}}
+{{- if false -}}
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+### This script is `if false` blocked out! ###
+# This script is disabled until we figure out sensible git hooks for linters / auto-fixers
+# that are not too aggressive. Megabyte Labs projects can install git hooks by running
+# `bash start.sh`.
+#
+# To re-enable, add the missing files to the ~/.config/git/template folder, uncomment the templatedir line
+# in ~/.config/git/config, and uncomment the Husky script in .chezmoiexternal.toml. Then, move this file to
+# the universal folder.
 
 {{ includeTemplate "universal/profile" }}
 {{ includeTemplate "universal/logg" }}
diff --git a/home/dot_config/git/config.tmpl b/home/dot_config/git/config.tmpl
index d8d17fb7..5d57ea65 100644
--- a/home/dot_config/git/config.tmpl
+++ b/home/dot_config/git/config.tmpl
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   autocorrect = 20
 [init]
   defaultBranch = master
-  templatedir = ~/.config/git/template
+  # templatedir = ~/.config/git/template
 [interactive]
   diffFilter = delta --color-only --features=interactive
 [merge]
diff --git a/home/dot_config/git/template/branches/remove_dot_gitkeep b/home/dot_config/git/template/branches/remove_dot_gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/home/dot_config/git/template/description b/home/dot_config/git/template/description
deleted file mode 100644
index 536df306..00000000
--- a/home/dot_config/git/template/description
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/dot_config/git/template/info/exclude b/home/dot_config/git/template/info/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index 43fd24f0..00000000
--- a/home/dot_config/git/template/info/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/dot_config/npm/npmrc.tmpl b/home/dot_config/npm/npmrc.tmpl
index 08f61f22..3e74306a 100644
--- a/home/dot_config/npm/npmrc.tmpl
+++ b/home/dot_config/npm/npmrc.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cache={{ .host.home }}/.cache/npm
-init.license=MIT
-init.version=0.0.1
+init-author-name "{{ .user.name }} <{{ .user.email }}> ({{ .user.domain }})"
+init-license=MIT
+init-version=0.0.1
 init-module={{ .host.home }}/.config/npm/config/npm-init.js
 prefix={{ .host.home }}/.local/share/npm
 store-dir={{ .host.home }}/.local/share/pnpm-store