diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1763a5e4cb..4d4f8bc864 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ repos:
         name: Running Meta/lint-ci.sh to ensure changes will pass linting on CI
         entry: bash Meta/lint-ci.sh
         language: system
-        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/Meta/lint-ci.sh b/Meta/lint-ci.sh
index d3ba23de2e..bf4cbbedc7 100755
--- a/Meta/lint-ci.sh
+++ b/Meta/lint-ci.sh
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ for cmd in \
         Meta/lint-executable-resources.sh \
         Meta/lint-ipc-ids.sh \
         Meta/lint-shell-scripts.sh; do
-    echo "Running $cmd... "
-    if $cmd; then
-	echo -e "[${GREEN}OK${NC}]: ${cmd}"
+    echo "Running ${cmd}... "
+    if "${cmd}" "$@"; then
+        echo -e "[${GREEN}OK${NC}]: ${cmd}"
     else
-	echo -e "[${RED}FAIL${NC}]: ${cmd}"
-	((FAILURES+=1))
+        echo -e "[${RED}FAIL${NC}]: ${cmd}"
+        ((FAILURES+=1))
     fi
 done
 
 echo "Running Meta/lint-clang-format.sh"
-if Meta/lint-clang-format.sh --overwrite-inplace && git diff --exit-code; then
+if Meta/lint-clang-format.sh --overwrite-inplace "$@" && git diff --exit-code; then
     echo -e "[${GREEN}OK${NC}]: Meta/lint-clang-format.sh"
 else
     echo -e "[${RED}FAIL${NC}]: Meta/lint-clang-format.sh"
diff --git a/Meta/lint-clang-format.sh b/Meta/lint-clang-format.sh
index 6a84940969..2359639071 100755
--- a/Meta/lint-clang-format.sh
+++ b/Meta/lint-clang-format.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$#" -eq "1" ] && [ "x--overwrite-inplace" = "x$1" ] ; then
+if [ "$#" -gt "0" ] && [ "x--overwrite-inplace" = "x$1" ] ; then
     true # The only way to run this script.
 else
     # Note that this branch also covers --help, -h, -help, -?, etc.
@@ -31,19 +31,32 @@ fi
 
 echo "Using ${CLANG_FORMAT}"
 
-{
-    git ls-files -- \
-        '*.cpp' \
-        '*.h' \
-        ':!:Base' \
-        ':!:Kernel/Arch/i386/CPU.cpp' \
-        ':!:Kernel/FileSystem/ext2_fs.h' \
-        ':!:Libraries/LibC/getopt.cpp' \
-        ':!:Libraries/LibC/syslog.h' \
-        ':!:Libraries/LibCore/puff.h' \
-        ':!:Libraries/LibCore/puff.cpp' \
-        ':!:Libraries/LibELF/exec_elf.h' \
-    || echo "'git ls-files failed!'"
-} | xargs -d'\n' "${CLANG_FORMAT}" -style=file -i
+if [ "$#" -eq "1" ]; then
+    mapfile -t files < <(
+        git ls-files -- \
+            '*.cpp' \
+            '*.h' \
+            ':!:Base' \
+            ':!:Kernel/Arch/i386/CPU.cpp' \
+            ':!:Kernel/FileSystem/ext2_fs.h' \
+            ':!:Libraries/LibC/getopt.cpp' \
+            ':!:Libraries/LibC/syslog.h' \
+            ':!:Libraries/LibCore/puff.h' \
+            ':!:Libraries/LibCore/puff.cpp' \
+            ':!:Libraries/LibELF/exec_elf.h'
+    )
+else
+    files=()
+    for file in "${@:2}"; do
+        if [[ "${file}" == *".cpp" || "${file}" == *".h" ]]; then
+            files+=("${file}")
+        fi
+    done
+fi
 
-echo "Maybe some files have changed. Sorry, but clang-format doesn't indicate what happened."
+if (( ${#files[@]} )); then
+    "${CLANG_FORMAT}" -style=file -i "${files[@]}"
+    echo "Maybe some files have changed. Sorry, but clang-format doesn't indicate what happened."
+else
+    echo "No .cpp or .h files to check."
+fi
diff --git a/Meta/lint-shell-scripts.sh b/Meta/lint-shell-scripts.sh
index e6ee774532..836b906fed 100755
--- a/Meta/lint-shell-scripts.sh
+++ b/Meta/lint-shell-scripts.sh
@@ -10,24 +10,25 @@ if ! command -v shellcheck &>/dev/null ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-ERRORS=()
-
-while IFS= read -r f; do
-    if file "$f" | grep --quiet shell; then
-        {
-            shellcheck "$f" && echo -e "[\033[0;32mOK\033[0m]: successfully linted $f"
-        } || {
-            ERRORS+=("$f")
-        }
-    fi
-done < <(git ls-files -- \
-    '*.sh' \
-    ':!:Toolchain' \
-    ':!:Ports' \
-    ':!:Shell/Tests' \
-)
-
-if (( ${#ERRORS[@]} )); then
-    echo "Files failing shellcheck: ${ERRORS[*]}"
-    exit 1
+if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]; then
+    mapfile -t files < <(
+        git ls-files -- \
+            '*.sh' \
+            ':!:Toolchain' \
+            ':!:Ports' \
+            ':!:Shell/Tests'
+    )
+else
+    files=()
+    for file in "$@"; do
+        if [[ "${file}" == *".sh" ]]; then
+            files+=("${file}")
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
+if (( ${#files[@]} )); then
+    shellcheck "${files[@]}"
+else
+    echo "No .sh files to check."
 fi