diff --git a/resources/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg b/resources/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg
index 255e0537f5..f5551c4e9d 100755
--- a/resources/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/resources/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #
-# This prepare-commit-msg hook prepares commit messages to ensure 
+# This prepare-commit-msg hook prepares commit messages to ensure
 # that they meet our conventional commit standard.
 #
 # Whenever `git` detects an incoming commit, it will trigger this hook.  If the message does not
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@ SHA1=$3
 # Get the directory where this script lives, i.e. resources/git-hooks
 HOOK_DIRECTORY="$(dirname "$(greadlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" 2>/dev/null || readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 
-. $HOOK_DIRECTORY/commit-msg-defs
+. "$HOOK_DIRECTORY/../build/jq.inc.sh"
+. "$HOOK_DIRECTORY/commit-msg-defs"
+
+#
+# Read from our globally shared JSON-formatted scopes and types
+#
+
+scopes=( $("$JQ" -r '[.scopes | paths | reduce .[] as $item (""; if . == "" then $item else . + "/" + $item end)] | join(" ")' < "$HOOK_DIRECTORY/../scopes/scopes.json") )
+types=( $("$JQ" -r '.commitTypes | join(" ")' < "$HOOK_DIRECTORY/../scopes/commit-types.json") )
+
 
 # build the regex pattern based on the config file
 function build_regex() {
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ function prepend_scope() {
       postfix=""
     fi
     prefix="$TYPE($SCOPE): $EXTRA_WHITESPACE"
-    
+
     # Reuse any existing message text, wrapping it in our conventional commit formatting before
     # presenting it to the user for any final edits.
     echo -e "$prefix$(cat $COMMIT_MSG_FILE)$postfix" > $COMMIT_MSG_FILE
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ function prepend_scope() {
 
 # Step 1 - is the prepared message already in our conventional commits format?
 $HOOK_DIRECTORY/commit-msg -q $COMMIT_MSG_FILE
-isConventional=$? # Grabs the exit code. 
+isConventional=$? # Grabs the exit code.
 
 if [ $isConventional -eq 0 ]; then
   # If so, great!  Don't do a thing!