diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 311841f9be..6be9de41ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
 /gitweb/static/gitweb.min.*
 /config-list.h
 /command-list.h
+/hook-list.h
 *.tar.gz
 *.dsc
 *.deb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3bbfae0f7..877492386e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -817,6 +817,10 @@ XDIFF_LIB = xdiff/lib.a
 
 GENERATED_H += command-list.h
 GENERATED_H += config-list.h
+GENERATED_H += hook-list.h
+
+.PHONY: generated-hdrs
+generated-hdrs: $(GENERATED_H)
 
 LIB_H := $(sort $(patsubst ./%,%,$(shell git ls-files '*.h' ':!t/' ':!Documentation/' 2>/dev/null || \
 	$(FIND) . \
@@ -902,6 +906,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += hash-lookup.o
 LIB_OBJS += hashmap.o
 LIB_OBJS += help.o
 LIB_OBJS += hex.o
+LIB_OBJS += hook.o
 LIB_OBJS += ident.o
 LIB_OBJS += json-writer.o
 LIB_OBJS += kwset.o
@@ -2211,8 +2216,9 @@ git$X: git.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(GITLIBS)
 		$(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
 help.sp help.s help.o: command-list.h
+hook.sp hook.s hook.o: hook-list.h
 
-builtin/help.sp builtin/help.s builtin/help.o: config-list.h GIT-PREFIX
+builtin/help.sp builtin/help.s builtin/help.o: config-list.h hook-list.h GIT-PREFIX
 builtin/help.sp builtin/help.s builtin/help.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
 	'-DGIT_HTML_PATH="$(htmldir_relative_SQ)"' \
 	'-DGIT_MAN_PATH="$(mandir_relative_SQ)"' \
@@ -2235,15 +2241,17 @@ $(BUILT_INS): git$X
 config-list.h: generate-configlist.sh
 
 config-list.h: Documentation/*config.txt Documentation/config/*.txt
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-configlist.sh \
-		>$@+ && mv $@+ $@
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-configlist.sh >$@
 
 command-list.h: generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
 
 command-list.h: $(wildcard Documentation/git*.txt)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-cmdlist.sh \
 		$(patsubst %,--exclude-program %,$(EXCLUDED_PROGRAMS)) \
-		command-list.txt >$@+ && mv $@+ $@
+		command-list.txt >$@
+
+hook-list.h: generate-hooklist.sh Documentation/githooks.txt
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-hooklist.sh >$@
 
 SCRIPT_DEFINES = $(SHELL_PATH_SQ):$(DIFF_SQ):$(GIT_VERSION):\
 	$(localedir_SQ):$(NO_CURL):$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME):$(SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ):\
@@ -2505,13 +2513,6 @@ ifneq ($(dep_files_present),)
 include $(dep_files_present)
 endif
 else
-# Dependencies on header files, for platforms that do not support
-# the gcc -MMD option.
-#
-# Dependencies on automatically generated headers such as command-list.h
-# should _not_ be included here, since they are necessary even when
-# building an object for the first time.
-
 $(OBJECTS): $(LIB_H) $(GENERATED_H)
 endif
 
@@ -2909,7 +2910,7 @@ $(SP_OBJ): %.sp: %.c GIT-CFLAGS FORCE
 .PHONY: sparse $(SP_OBJ)
 sparse: $(SP_OBJ)
 
-EXCEPT_HDRS := command-list.h config-list.h unicode-width.h compat/% xdiff/%
+EXCEPT_HDRS := $(GENERATED_H) unicode-width.h compat/% xdiff/%
 ifndef GCRYPT_SHA256
 	EXCEPT_HDRS += sha256/gcrypt.h
 endif
@@ -2931,7 +2932,8 @@ hdr-check: $(HCO)
 style:
 	git clang-format --style file --diff --extensions c,h
 
-check: config-list.h command-list.h
+.PHONY: check
+check: $(GENERATED_H)
 	@if sparse; \
 	then \
 		echo >&2 "Use 'make sparse' instead"; \
diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index f296226e95..8677ea2348 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/builtin/bugreport.c b/builtin/bugreport.c
index 06ed10dc92..9de32bc96e 100644
--- a/builtin/bugreport.c
+++ b/builtin/bugreport.c
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "compat/compiler.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
+#include "hook-list.h"
 
 
 static void get_system_info(struct strbuf *sys_info)
@@ -41,39 +42,7 @@ static void get_system_info(struct strbuf *sys_info)
 
 static void get_populated_hooks(struct strbuf *hook_info, int nongit)
 {
-	/*
-	 * NEEDSWORK: Doesn't look like there is a list of all possible hooks;
-	 * so below is a transcription of `git help hooks`. Later, this should
-	 * be replaced with some programmatically generated list (generated from
-	 * doc or else taken from some library which tells us about all the
-	 * hooks)
-	 */
-	static const char *hook[] = {
-		"applypatch-msg",
-		"pre-applypatch",
-		"post-applypatch",
-		"pre-commit",
-		"pre-merge-commit",
-		"prepare-commit-msg",
-		"commit-msg",
-		"post-commit",
-		"pre-rebase",
-		"post-checkout",
-		"post-merge",
-		"pre-push",
-		"pre-receive",
-		"update",
-		"post-receive",
-		"post-update",
-		"push-to-checkout",
-		"pre-auto-gc",
-		"post-rewrite",
-		"sendemail-validate",
-		"fsmonitor-watchman",
-		"p4-pre-submit",
-		"post-index-change",
-	};
-	int i;
+	const char **p;
 
 	if (nongit) {
 		strbuf_addstr(hook_info,
@@ -81,9 +50,12 @@ static void get_populated_hooks(struct strbuf *hook_info, int nongit)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hook); i++)
-		if (find_hook(hook[i]))
-			strbuf_addf(hook_info, "%s\n", hook[i]);
+	for (p = hook_name_list; *p; p++) {
+		const char *hook = *p;
+
+		if (hook_exists(hook))
+			strbuf_addf(hook_info, "%s\n", hook);
+	}
 }
 
 static const char * const bugreport_usage[] = {
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index e7320f66f9..883c16256c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
@@ -1051,7 +1052,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!no_verify && find_hook("pre-commit")) {
+	if (!no_verify && hook_exists("pre-commit")) {
 		/*
 		 * Re-read the index as pre-commit hook could have updated it,
 		 * and write it out as a tree.  We must do this before we invoke
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 0ccd5e1ac8..cc4a910c69 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diff-merges.h"
 #include "refs.h"
@@ -849,7 +850,7 @@ static void prepare_to_commit(struct commit_list *remoteheads)
 	 * and write it out as a tree.  We must do this before we invoke
 	 * the editor and after we invoke run_status above.
 	 */
-	if (find_hook("pre-merge-commit"))
+	if (hook_exists("pre-merge-commit"))
 		discard_cache();
 	read_cache_from(index_file);
 	strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &merge_msg);
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 48960a9575..25cc0c907e 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "object.h"
@@ -1463,7 +1464,7 @@ static const char *update_worktree(unsigned char *sha1, const struct worktree *w
 
 	strvec_pushf(&env, "GIT_DIR=%s", absolute_path(git_dir));
 
-	if (!find_hook(push_to_checkout_hook))
+	if (!hook_exists(push_to_checkout_hook))
 		retval = push_to_deploy(sha1, &env, work_tree);
 	else
 		retval = push_to_checkout(sha1, &env, work_tree);
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 0d0a80da61..d22ece93e1 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/README b/compat/vcbuild/README
index 51fb083dbb..29ec1d0f10 100644
--- a/compat/vcbuild/README
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/README
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The Steps of Build Git with VS2008
    the git operations.
 
 3. Inside Git's directory run the command:
-       make command-list.h config-list.h
+       make generated-hdrs
    to generate the header file needed to compile git.
 
 4. Then either build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 2b178bad58..3236a4918a 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -739,9 +739,9 @@ vcxproj:
 	 echo '</Project>') >git-remote-http/LinkOrCopyRemoteHttp.targets
 	git add -f git/LinkOrCopyBuiltins.targets git-remote-http/LinkOrCopyRemoteHttp.targets
 
-	# Add command-list.h and config-list.h
-	$(MAKE) MSVC=1 SKIP_VCPKG=1 prefix=/mingw64 config-list.h command-list.h
-	git add -f config-list.h command-list.h
+	# Add generated headers
+	$(MAKE) MSVC=1 SKIP_VCPKG=1 prefix=/mingw64 $(GENERATED_H)
+	git add -f $(GENERATED_H)
 
 	# Add scripts
 	rm -f perl/perl.mak
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 171b4124af..fd1399c440 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -624,6 +624,13 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config-list.h)
 			OUTPUT_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config-list.h)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hook-list.h)
+	message("Generating hook-list.h")
+	execute_process(COMMAND ${SH_EXE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/generate-hooklist.sh
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+			OUTPUT_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hook-list.h)
+endif()
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 #build
diff --git a/generate-hooklist.sh b/generate-hooklist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2f9f54eb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-hooklist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Usage: ./generate-hooklist.sh >hook-list.h
+
+cat <<EOF
+/* Automatically generated by generate-hooklist.sh */
+
+static const char *hook_name_list[] = {
+EOF
+
+sed -n \
+	-e '/^~~~~*$/ {x; s/^.*$/	"&",/; p;}' \
+	-e 'x' \
+	<Documentation/githooks.txt |
+	LC_ALL=C sort
+
+cat <<EOF
+	NULL,
+};
+EOF
diff --git a/hook.c b/hook.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55e1145a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hook.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "hook.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+
+const char *find_hook(const char *name)
+{
+	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_git_path(&path, "hooks/%s", name);
+	if (access(path.buf, X_OK) < 0) {
+		int err = errno;
+
+#ifdef STRIP_EXTENSION
+		strbuf_addstr(&path, STRIP_EXTENSION);
+		if (access(path.buf, X_OK) >= 0)
+			return path.buf;
+		if (errno == EACCES)
+			err = errno;
+#endif
+
+		if (err == EACCES && advice_enabled(ADVICE_IGNORED_HOOK)) {
+			static struct string_list advise_given = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+
+			if (!string_list_lookup(&advise_given, name)) {
+				string_list_insert(&advise_given, name);
+				advise(_("The '%s' hook was ignored because "
+					 "it's not set as executable.\n"
+					 "You can disable this warning with "
+					 "`git config advice.ignoredHook false`."),
+				       path.buf);
+			}
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return path.buf;
+}
+
+int hook_exists(const char *name)
+{
+	return !!find_hook(name);
+}
diff --git a/hook.h b/hook.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6aa36fc7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hook.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef HOOK_H
+#define HOOK_H
+
+/*
+ * Returns the path to the hook file, or NULL if the hook is missing
+ * or disabled. Note that this points to static storage that will be
+ * overwritten by further calls to find_hook and run_hook_*.
+ */
+const char *find_hook(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * A boolean version of find_hook()
+ */
+int hook_exists(const char *hookname);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 2166f37399..7f019c2377 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refs/refs-internal.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 04a07e6366..e4862b8f46 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 
 void child_process_init(struct child_process *child)
 {
@@ -1322,40 +1323,6 @@ int async_with_fork(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-const char *find_hook(const char *name)
-{
-	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
-
-	strbuf_reset(&path);
-	strbuf_git_path(&path, "hooks/%s", name);
-	if (access(path.buf, X_OK) < 0) {
-		int err = errno;
-
-#ifdef STRIP_EXTENSION
-		strbuf_addstr(&path, STRIP_EXTENSION);
-		if (access(path.buf, X_OK) >= 0)
-			return path.buf;
-		if (errno == EACCES)
-			err = errno;
-#endif
-
-		if (err == EACCES && advice_enabled(ADVICE_IGNORED_HOOK)) {
-			static struct string_list advise_given = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
-
-			if (!string_list_lookup(&advise_given, name)) {
-				string_list_insert(&advise_given, name);
-				advise(_("The '%s' hook was ignored because "
-					 "it's not set as executable.\n"
-					 "You can disable this warning with "
-					 "`git config advice.ignoredHook false`."),
-				       path.buf);
-			}
-		}
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return path.buf;
-}
-
 int run_hook_ve(const char *const *env, const char *name, va_list args)
 {
 	struct child_process hook = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index b9aff74914..5e544acf4b 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -224,13 +224,6 @@ int finish_command_in_signal(struct child_process *);
  */
 int run_command(struct child_process *);
 
-/*
- * Returns the path to the hook file, or NULL if the hook is missing
- * or disabled. Note that this points to static storage that will be
- * overwritten by further calls to find_hook and run_hook_*.
- */
-const char *find_hook(const char *name);
-
 /**
  * Run a hook.
  * The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index b92dae1216..fac0b5162f 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "sequencer.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
@@ -1459,7 +1460,7 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (find_hook("prepare-commit-msg")) {
+	if (hook_exists("prepare-commit-msg")) {
 		res = run_prepare_commit_msg_hook(r, msg, hook_commit);
 		if (res)
 			goto out;
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index b37664ba87..e4f1decae2 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "transport.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "remote.h"