diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
     'ArcanistCoffeeLintLinterTestCase' => 'lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistCoffeeLintLinterTestCase.php',
     'ArcanistCommentRemover' => 'parser/ArcanistCommentRemover.php',
     'ArcanistCommentRemoverTestCase' => 'parser/__tests__/ArcanistCommentRemoverTestCase.php',
+    'ArcanistCommitLinter' => 'lint/linter/ArcanistCommitLinter.php',
+    'ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase' => 'lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase.php',
     'ArcanistCommitWorkflow' => 'workflow/ArcanistCommitWorkflow.php',
     'ArcanistCompilerLikeLintRenderer' => 'lint/renderer/ArcanistCompilerLikeLintRenderer.php',
     'ArcanistConduitLinter' => 'lint/linter/ArcanistConduitLinter.php',
@@ -241,6 +243,8 @@
     'ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter' => 'ArcanistExternalLinter',
     'ArcanistCoffeeLintLinterTestCase' => 'ArcanistArcanistLinterTestCase',
     'ArcanistCommentRemoverTestCase' => 'ArcanistTestCase',
+    'ArcanistCommitLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
+    'ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase' => 'ArcanistArcanistLinterTestCase',
     'ArcanistCommitWorkflow' => 'ArcanistWorkflow',
     'ArcanistCompilerLikeLintRenderer' => 'ArcanistLintRenderer',
     'ArcanistConduitLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCommitLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCommitLinter.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCommitLinter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ArcanistCommitLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
+
+  const LINT_NO_COMMIT = 1;
+
+  public function getInfoName() {
+    return pht('Commit Linter');
+  }
+
+  public function getInfoDescription() {
+    return pht('Ensures that specially marked files are not committed.');
+  }
+
+  public function getLinterPriority() {
+    return 0.5;
+  }
+
+  public function getLinterName() {
+    return 'COMMIT';
+  }
+
+  public function getLinterConfigurationName() {
+    return 'commit';
+  }
+
+  public function getLintNameMap() {
+    return array(
+      self::LINT_NO_COMMIT => pht('Explicit %s', '@no'.'commit'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function lintPath($path) {
+    if ($this->getEngine()->getCommitHookMode()) {
+      $this->lintNoCommit($path);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private function lintNoCommit($path) {
+    $data = $this->getData($path);
+
+    $deadly = '@no'.'commit';
+    $offset = strpos($data, $deadly);
+
+    if ($offset !== false) {
+      $this->raiseLintAtOffset(
+        $offset,
+        self::LINT_NO_COMMIT,
+        pht(
+          'This file is explicitly marked as "%s", which blocks commits.',
+          $deadly),
+        $deadly);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   const LINT_EOF_NEWLINE          = 4;
   const LINT_BAD_CHARSET          = 5;
   const LINT_TRAILING_WHITESPACE  = 6;
-  const LINT_NO_COMMIT            = 7;
   const LINT_BOF_WHITESPACE       = 8;
   const LINT_EOF_WHITESPACE       = 9;
 
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@
       self::LINT_EOF_NEWLINE         => pht('File Does Not End in Newline'),
       self::LINT_BAD_CHARSET         => pht('Bad Charset'),
       self::LINT_TRAILING_WHITESPACE => pht('Trailing Whitespace'),
-      self::LINT_NO_COMMIT           => pht('Explicit %s', '@no'.'commit'),
       self::LINT_BOF_WHITESPACE      => pht('Leading Whitespace at BOF'),
       self::LINT_EOF_WHITESPACE      => pht('Trailing Whitespace at EOF'),
     );
@@ -116,10 +114,6 @@
 
     $this->lintBOFWhitespace($path);
     $this->lintEOFWhitespace($path);
-
-    if ($this->getEngine()->getCommitHookMode()) {
-      $this->lintNoCommit($path);
-    }
   }
 
   protected function lintNewlines($path) {
@@ -293,21 +287,4 @@
       '');
   }
 
-  private function lintNoCommit($path) {
-    $data = $this->getData($path);
-
-    $deadly = '@no'.'commit';
-
-    $offset = strpos($data, $deadly);
-    if ($offset !== false) {
-      $this->raiseLintAtOffset(
-        $offset,
-        self::LINT_NO_COMMIT,
-        pht(
-          'This file is explicitly marked as "%s", which blocks commits.',
-          $deadly),
-        $deadly);
-    }
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase.php b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ArcanistCommitLinterTestCase
+  extends ArcanistArcanistLinterTestCase {
+
+  public function testCommitLint() {
+    $this->executeTestsInDirectory(
+      dirname(__FILE__).'/commit/',
+      new ArcanistCommitLinter());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/text/nocommit-hook.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/commit/nocommit-hook.lint-test
rename from src/lint/linter/__tests__/text/nocommit-hook.lint-test
rename to src/lint/linter/__tests__/commit/nocommit-hook.lint-test
--- a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/text/nocommit-hook.lint-test
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/commit/nocommit-hook.lint-test
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 {
-  "hook" : true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "hook": true
+}
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/text/nocommit-nohook.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/commit/nocommit-nohook.lint-test
rename from src/lint/linter/__tests__/text/nocommit-nohook.lint-test
rename to src/lint/linter/__tests__/commit/nocommit-nohook.lint-test