diff --git a/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_12-install-packages.tmpl b/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_12-install-packages.tmpl
index 17d7ac76..14f2abae 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_12-install-packages.tmpl
+++ b/home/.chezmoiscripts/universal/run_onchange_after_12-install-packages.tmpl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if command -v install-program > /dev/null; then
         log warn 'gcc either needs to be added to the PATH or it is missing'
       fi
     fi
+    export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
     install-program {{ $softwareList }}
   else
     logg error '`zx` is not available'
diff --git a/home/.chezmoitemplates/universal/common-dependencies b/home/.chezmoitemplates/universal/common-dependencies
index de29f906..69039743 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoitemplates/universal/common-dependencies
+++ b/home/.chezmoitemplates/universal/common-dependencies
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
   "re2c"
   "scdaemon"
   "wget"
+  "zip"
 -}}
 {{- $packages | join " " -}}
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/branches/remove_dot_gitkeep b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/branches/remove_dot_gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/description b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/description
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..536df306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/description
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_commit-msg.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_commit-msg.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_commit-msg.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_commit-msg.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-checkout.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-checkout.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-checkout.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-checkout.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-commit.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-commit.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-commit.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-commit.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-merge.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-merge.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-merge.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-merge.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-rewrite.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-rewrite.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_post-rewrite.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_post-rewrite.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_pre-commit.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_pre-commit.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_pre-commit.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_pre-commit.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_pre-push.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_pre-push.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_pre-push.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_pre-push.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_prepare-commit-msg.tmpl b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_prepare-commit-msg.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from home/private_dot_config/git/template/symlink_prepare-commit-msg.tmpl
rename to home/private_dot_config/git/template/hooks/symlink_prepare-commit-msg.tmpl
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/git/template/info/exclude b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/info/exclude
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43fd24f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/git/template/info/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# 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