diff --git a/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/__main__.py b/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/__main__.py
index a250e37cab..777bea2d87 100644
--- a/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/__main__.py
+++ b/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/__main__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import sys
+from itertools import chain
 
 import click
 
@@ -9,15 +12,18 @@
 else:
     from importlib.resources import files
 
-
+from .rules import regexify_filename_rules
 from .schema import export_schema, load_schema
+from .validator import _bidsignore_check
 
 
 @click.group()
 @click.option("-v", "--verbose", count=True)
-def cli(verbose):
+@click.option("-q", "--quiet", count=True)
+def cli(verbose, quiet):
     """BIDS Schema Tools"""
-    logging.getLogger("bidsschematools").setLevel(logging.INFO - verbose * 10)
+    verbose = verbose - quiet
+    logging.getLogger("bidsschematools").setLevel(logging.WARNING - verbose * 10)
 
 
 @cli.command()
@@ -53,5 +59,131 @@ def export_metaschema(ctx, output):
             fobj.write(metaschema)
 
 
+@cli.command("pre-receive-hook")
+@click.option("--schema", "-s", type=click.Path(), help="Path to the BIDS schema")
+@click.option(
+    "--input", "-i", "input_", default="-", type=click.Path(), help="Input file (default: stdin)"
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--output",
+    "-o",
+    "output",
+    default="-",
+    type=click.Path(),
+    help="Output file (default: stdout)",
+)
+def pre_receive_hook(schema, input_, output):
+    """Validate filenames from a list of files against the BIDS schema
+
+    The expected input takes the following form:
+
+    ```
+    bids-hook-v2
+    {"Name": "My dataset", "BIDSVersion": "1.9.0", "DatasetType": "raw"}
+    ignore-pattern1
+    ...
+    ignore-patternN
+    0001
+    .datalad/config
+    .gitattributes
+    CHANGES
+    README
+    dataset_description.json
+    participants.tsv
+    sub-01/anat/sub-01_T1w.nii.gz
+    ...
+    ```
+
+    The header identifies the protocol version. For protocol ``bids-hook-v2``,
+    the second line MUST be the dataset_description.json file, with any newlines removed.
+    The following lines, up to the line containing "0001", are ignore patterns
+    from the .bidsignore file. The lines following "0001" are the filenames to
+    be validated.
+
+    This is intended to be used in a git pre-receive hook.
+    """
+    logger = logging.getLogger("bidsschematools")
+    schema = load_schema(schema)
+
+    # Slurp inputs for now; we can think about streaming later
+    if input_ == "-":
+        stream = sys.stdin
+    else:
+        stream = open(input_)
+
+    first_line = next(stream)
+    if first_line == "bids-hook-v2\n":
+        # V2 format: header line, description JSON, followed by legacy format
+        description_str = next(stream)
+        fail = False
+        try:
+            description: dict = json.loads(description_str)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            fail = True
+        if fail or not isinstance(description, dict):
+            logger.critical("Protocol error: invalid JSON in description")
+            logger.critical(
+                "Dataset description must be one JSON object, written to a single line"
+            )
+            logger.critical("Received: %s", description_str)
+            stream.close()
+            sys.exit(2)
+    else:
+        # Legacy: ignore patterns, followed by "0001", followed by filenames
+        stream = chain([first_line], stream)
+        description = {}
+
+    dataset_type = description.get("DatasetType", "raw")
+    logger.info("Dataset type: %s", dataset_type)
+
+    ignore = []
+    for line in stream:
+        if line == "0001\n":
+            break
+        ignore.append(line.strip())
+    logger.info("Ignore patterns found: %d", len(ignore))
+
+    all_rules = chain.from_iterable(
+        regexify_filename_rules(group, schema, level=2)
+        for group in (schema.rules.files.common, schema.rules.files.raw)
+    )
+    if dataset_type == "derivative":
+        all_rules = chain(
+            all_rules,
+            regexify_filename_rules(schema.rules.files.derivatives, schema, level=2),
+        )
+
+    regexes = [rule["regex"] for rule in all_rules]
+    # XXX Hack for phenotype files - this can be removed once we
+    # have a schema definition for them
+    regexes.append(r"phenotype/.*\.(tsv|json)")
+
+    output = sys.stdout if output == "-" else open(output, "w")
+
+    rc = 0
+    any_files = False
+    valid_files = 0
+    with output:
+        for filename in stream:
+            if not any_files:
+                logger.debug("Validating files, first file: %s", filename)
+                any_files = True
+            filename = filename.strip()
+            if any(_bidsignore_check(pattern, filename, "") for pattern in ignore):
+                continue
+            if not any(re.match(regex, filename) for regex in regexes):
+                print(filename, file=output)
+                rc = 1
+            else:
+                valid_files += 1
+
+    if valid_files == 0:
+        logger.error("No files to validate")
+        rc = 2
+
+    stream.close()
+    sys.exit(rc)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     cli()
diff --git a/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/utils.py b/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/utils.py
index ec2947fb37..6f9850edb0 100644
--- a/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/utils.py
+++ b/tools/schemacode/bidsschematools/utils.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_logger(name=None):
     logging.Logger
         logger object.
     """
-    return logging.getLogger("bids-schema" + (".%s" % name if name else ""))
+    return logging.getLogger("bidsschematools" + (".%s" % name if name else ""))
 
 
 def set_logger_level(lgr, level):