diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index d836e63fa..c38c76375 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ jobs:
           always-auth: false
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       
-      - run: npm install
-      - run: npm pack
-      - run: npm install -g
+      - name: Test npm git dependency
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir TMP/
+          echo "{ \"dependencies\": { \"knex\": \"git+file://$(pwd)/\" } }" > TMP/package.json
+          cd TMP/
+          npm install --verbose
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45bcc9401..65ad0a613 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run build:gitignore && npm run build:ts",
-    "clean": "git clean -f -X lib/",
+    "clean": "node scripts/clean.js",
     "build:ts": "tsc",
     "build:gitignore": "node scripts/update_gitignore_for_tsc_output.js run",
     "format": "prettier --write \"{lib,bin,scripts,test}/**/*.js\"",
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{js,json}": [
-      "prettier --write",
-      "git add"
+      "prettier --write"
     ]
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/clean.js b/scripts/clean.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fa1b7884c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clean.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+
+function main() {
+  const repoDir = path.dirname(__dirname)
+  const gitDir = path.join(repoDir, '.git')
+  const gitDirExists = doesDirectoryExist(gitDir)
+  if (!gitDirExists) {
+    console.log("No .git directory detected so can not clean 'lib/'. Exiting.")
+    process.exit(0)
+  }
+  console.log("Cleaning 'lib/' of outputted files from Typescript compilation ...")
+  const cmd = 'git clean -f -X lib/'
+  const output = execSync(cmd, { cwd: repoDir })
+  console.log(output.toString('utf8'))
+  console.log('Done')
+}
+
+function doesDirectoryExist(p) {
+  if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+    return fs.lstatSync(p).isDirectory()
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+main()