diff --git a/bin/git-lint b/bin/git-lint
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b0891fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import git_lint
+
+def main(*args):
+    if git_lint.git_base is None:
+        sys.exit(_('A git repository was not found.'))
+
+    (cmdline, filenames, excluded_commands) = git_lint.make_rational_options(git_lint.OPTIONS_LIST, args)
+
+    if len(excluded_commands) > 0:
+        print(_('These command line options were ignored due to option precedence.'))
+        for exc in excluded_commands:
+            print("\t{}".format(exc))
+
+    try:
+        config = git_lint.get_config(cmdline, git_lint.git_base)
+
+        if 'help' in cmdline:
+            git_lint.print_help(OPTIONS_LIST, NAME)
+            return 0
+
+        if 'version' in cmdline:
+            git_lint.print_version(NAME, VERSION)
+            return 0
+
+        if 'linters' in cmdline:
+            git_lint.print_linters(config)
+            return 0
+
+        return git_lint.run_gitlint(cmdline, config, filenames)
+
+    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
+        git_lint.print_help(OPTIONS_LIST)
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(main(*sys.argv))
diff --git a/git_lint/git_lint.py b/git_lint/git_lint.py
index c6e4922..af23974 100644
--- a/git_lint/git_lint.py
+++ b/git_lint/git_lint.py
@@ -641,39 +641,3 @@ def print_version(name, version):
     print('{} {} Copyright (c) 2009, 2016 Kennth M. "Elf" Sternberg'.format(name, version))
 
 
-def main(*args):
-    if git_base is None:
-        sys.exit(_('A git repository was not found.'))
-
-    (cmdline, filenames, excluded_commands) = make_rational_options(OPTIONS_LIST, args)
-
-    if len(excluded_commands) > 0:
-        print(_('These command line options were ignored due to option precedence.'))
-        for exc in excluded_commands:
-            print("\t{}".format(exc))
-
-    try:
-        config = get_config(cmdline, git_base)
-
-        if 'help' in cmdline:
-            print_help(OPTIONS_LIST, NAME)
-            return 0
-
-        if 'version' in cmdline:
-            print_version(NAME, VERSION)
-            return 0
-
-        if 'linters' in cmdline:
-            print_linters(config)
-            return 0
-
-        return run_gitlint(cmdline, config, filenames)
-
-    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
-        print_help(OPTIONS_LIST)
-        return 1
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import sys
-    sys.exit(main(*sys.argv))