CI: Implement automatic pre-commit checks with a GHA workflow

.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

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+name: pre-commit
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master, 'release/*']
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+# Commands to run below checks locally:
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks trailing-whitespace --all-files
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks check-ast --all-files
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks check-json --all-files
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks check-merge-conflict --all-files
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks check-toml --all-files
+# pre-commit try-repo https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks check-yaml --all-files
+fail_fast: false
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0  # Use the ref you want to point at
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: check-ast
+    -   id: check-json
+    -   id: check-merge-conflict
+    -   id: check-toml
+    -   id: check-yaml