feat: Add a very basic pre-commit configuration

[hawksight]

In #680 there were a couple of nits that I would personally solve by using pre-commit. I have added the most basic configuration here as a discussion topic. There may be other ways or tools to achieve the same goal of "not having to correct whitespace or newline nits"

Assuming you have this checked out:

# run once
pre-commit install
# run on any changed files
pre-commit run
# run on specific file(s)
pre-commit run --files deploy/charts/trust-manager/values.yaml

Reasons to have it

• Standard tool available pretty widely
• Sets a very low baseline of checks, to help contributors to catch empty space and newline problems.
• Fixes the issue before committing so it is easier to get right first time
• Only runs on the files you have changed / staged (unless you specify --all-files)
• It is opt in! ie. it should not affect existing users by default. You must set it up per repo once, if want to benefit.

Concerns / addressed

I've left this section to record concerns about adding this, in the hope they can be addressed.

Will talk about this on some standup 🤞

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[maelvls]

Hey,

I've tested it and it works:

$ brew install pre-commit
$ pre-commit install
$ echo "    " >>deploy/charts/trust-manager/values.yaml
$ git ci -a -m test
trim trailing whitespace.................................................Failed
- hook id: trailing-whitespace
- exit code: 1
- files were modified by this hook

Fixing deploy/charts/trust-manager/values.yaml

fix end of files.........................................................Failed
- hook id: end-of-file-fixer
- exit code: 1
- files were modified by this hook

Fixing deploy/charts/trust-manager/values.yaml

Upon testing it, I am slightly annoyed by the slowness of git commit, especially in context of large rebases.

I'm using my editor (VS Code + trailing-spaces extension) for spotting trailing whitespace and removing them, and also for spotting missing EOF newlines.

Not sure what to do next, so leaving it up to other maintainers! 😇

[erikgb]

I am not a huge fan of pre-commit hooks, but I have no issues with them being added to our projects - if it's helpful for other contributors. I just tested this feature branch locally, and as I don't use pre-commit hooks everything seems to be working as before.

Change looks good to me, but I would like @SgtCoDFish to have an opinion on this as well.

/lgtm

[SgtCoDFish]

My starting point for reviewing this is: would this cause a large maintenance burden or would this break anything? I don't think it'll do either of those things - for most it would at worst be a slight distraction.

I wouldn't personally use this, because I really value a high level of control over my commits, but I can see why this might be valuable to others.

I'd be happy to merge this given it has very low impact - I think my gut says that this would be a good fit for a page under https://cert-manager.io/docs/contributing/ so it's not explicitly in-repo, but I don't think that's a blocker.