use pre-commit hook for linting

[d-v-b]

pre-commit hooks that inspect code whenever a local commit is made are a great way to enforce code style and run any other static checks on source code. We should go with the recommendations from the scientific python packaging group to define a pre-commit workflow for this package.

[d-v-b]

nevermind, pre-commit is already defined! I just never installed the hooks 🙃