[StepSecurity] Apply security best practices

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
       - name: Configure Git Credentials
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions[bot]
           git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
       - run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
         with:
           key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
           path: .cache

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
+  rev: v8.16.3
+  hooks:
+  - id: gitleaks
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v4.4.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - id: trailing-whitespace