diff --git a/.lefthook/pre-commit/lint b/.lefthook/pre-commit/lint
index 0b20ba82..bb8a241e 100755
--- a/.lefthook/pre-commit/lint
+++ b/.lefthook/pre-commit/lint
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if ! git diff --name-only | grep -qe ".*\.go$"; then
+  echo "Nothing to lint"
+  exit 0;
+fi
+
 if [ -x "$(which brew)" ]; then
   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$(brew --prefix libffi)/lib/pkgconfig"
 fi
diff --git a/.lefthook/pre-push/test b/.lefthook/pre-push/test
index f91b8ce9..6c99bec7 100755
--- a/.lefthook/pre-push/test
+++ b/.lefthook/pre-push/test
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if ! git diff --name-only | grep -qe ".*\.(go|h|c)$"; then
+  echo "Nothing to test"
+  exit 0;
+fi
+
 if [ -x "$(which brew)" ]; then
   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$(brew --prefix libffi)/lib/pkgconfig"
 fi