diff --git a/lua/config/ignore_patterns.lua b/lua/config/ignore_patterns.lua
index d427cda..e5259dc 100644
--- a/lua/config/ignore_patterns.lua
+++ b/lua/config/ignore_patterns.lua
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ M.patterns = {
   "Icon?",
   "iCloud~",
   "com~",
+  ".githooks",
 }
 
 --- Patterns that should never be shown in any file browser
diff --git a/lua/config/markdown_edit.lua b/lua/config/markdown_edit.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcdddef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/config/markdown_edit.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+--- Visual-mode markdown formatting for the `<Leader>e` group in markdown/mdx
+--- buffers: wrap the selection in inline markers (italic, bold, code, link)
+--- or rewrite its lines as a list / fenced code block.
+---
+--- Inline ops work on the exact charwise selection, or on the whole lines of
+--- a linewise one. Line ops always act on whole lines, whichever way the
+--- selection was made. Blockwise selections are refused.
+---
+--- Mapped buffer-locally from plugins/markdown-edit.lua.
+--- @module config.markdown_edit
+
+local M = {}
+
+local ESC = vim.keycode "<Esc>"
+
+--- Leave visual mode and return the selection as a 0-based, end-exclusive
+--- `nvim_buf_set_text` rectangle.
+--- @return integer? srow, integer scol, integer erow, integer ecol
+local function selection()
+  -- `'<`/`'>` are only set once visual mode ends. `:normal!` rather than
+  -- feedkeys(..., "x"): the latter also flushes any typed-ahead keys, which
+  -- would run before the insert mode some of the binds end in.
+  vim.cmd.normal { ESC, bang = true }
+  local mode = vim.fn.visualmode()
+  local s, e = vim.fn.getpos "'<", vim.fn.getpos "'>"
+  local srow, erow = s[2] - 1, e[2] - 1
+  if mode == "V" then
+    local last = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, erow, erow + 1, true)[1]
+    return srow, 0, erow, #last
+  elseif mode == "v" then
+    -- getregionpos clamps a `$` end column (v:maxcol) to the line length and
+    -- moves the inclusive end onto the last byte of a multibyte character
+    local pos = vim.fn.getregionpos(s, e, { type = mode })
+    return srow, pos[1][1][3] - 1, erow, pos[#pos][2][3]
+  end
+  vim.notify("Blockwise selections are not supported", vim.log.levels.WARN)
+end
+
+--- Insert `before` at the start and `after` at the end of the selection.
+--- @param before string
+--- @param after string
+--- @return integer? row, integer? col 0-based position of `after`
+local function wrap(before, after)
+  local srow, scol, erow, ecol = selection()
+  if not srow then return end
+  -- suffix first so the start position stays valid
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_text(0, erow, ecol, erow, ecol, { after })
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_text(0, srow, scol, srow, scol, { before })
+  if srow == erow then ecol = ecol + #before end
+  return erow, ecol
+end
+
+--- `[text](|)` with insert mode started at the cursor
+local function link()
+  local row, col = wrap("[", "]()")
+  if not row then return end
+  vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { row + 1, col + 2 })
+  vim.cmd "startinsert"
+end
+
+--- Prefix every non-blank selected line, after its indentation, with
+--- `marker(n)` for the n-th such line. Blank lines separate items and are
+--- left alone.
+--- @param marker fun(n: integer): string
+local function list(marker)
+  local srow, _, erow = selection()
+  if not srow then return end
+  local lines = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, srow, erow + 1, true)
+  local n = 0
+  for i, line in ipairs(lines) do
+    if line:find "%S" then
+      n = n + 1
+      local indent = line:match "^%s*"
+      lines[i] = indent .. marker(n) .. line:sub(#indent + 1)
+    end
+  end
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, srow, erow + 1, true, lines)
+end
+
+--- Fence the selected lines, indented like the first one, with insert mode
+--- started after the opening ``` for the language
+local function code_block()
+  local srow, _, erow = selection()
+  if not srow then return end
+  local fence = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, srow, srow + 1, true)[1]:match "^%s*" .. "```"
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, erow + 1, erow + 1, true, { fence })
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, srow, srow, true, { fence })
+  vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { srow + 1, 0 })
+  vim.cmd "startinsert!"
+end
+
+--- @type table<string, table<string, AstroCoreMapping>>
+M.mappings = {
+  x = {
+    ["<Leader>e"] = { desc = "Markdown" },
+    ["<Leader>ei"] = { function() wrap("*", "*") end, desc = "Italic" },
+    ["<Leader>eb"] = { function() wrap("**", "**") end, desc = "Bold" },
+    ["<Leader>ec"] = { function() wrap("`", "`") end, desc = "Inline code" },
+    ["<Leader>ex"] = { link, desc = "Link" },
+    ["<Leader>el"] = {
+      function()
+        list(function() return "- " end)
+      end,
+      desc = "Unordered list",
+    },
+    ["<Leader>eL"] = {
+      function()
+        list(function(n) return n .. ". " end)
+      end,
+      desc = "Ordered list",
+    },
+    ["<Leader>eC"] = { code_block, desc = "Code block" },
+  },
+}
+
+return M