qual: Add pre-commit configuration & action

# qual: Add pre-commit configuration & action

This pre-commit configuration adds different quality checks to the
repository.

.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

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+---
+name: pre-commit
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RAW_LOG: pre-commit.log
+      CS_XML: pre-commit.xml
+    steps:
+      - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cppcheck
+        if: false
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        if: false
+        with:
+          cache: pip
+          python-version: 3.12.1
+      - run: python -m pip install pre-commit regex
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/pre-commit/
+            bash_unit
+          key: pre-commit-4|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml')
+            }}
+      - name: Run pre-commit hooks
+        env:
+          SKIP: no-commit-to-branch
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          pre-commit gc
+          pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files | tee ${RAW_LOG}
+      - name: Convert Raw Log to annotations
+        uses: mdeweerd/[email protected]
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          in: ${{ env.RAW_LOG }}
+          # Out can be omitted if you do not need the xml output
+          # out: ${{ env.CS_XML }}
+
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/pre-commit/
+            bash_unit
+          key: pre-commit-4|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml')
+            }}
+      - name: Provide log as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        with:
+          name: precommit-logs
+          path: |
+            ${{ env.RAW_LOG }}
+            ${{ env.CS_XML }}
+          retention-days: 2

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: no-commit-to-branch
+        args: [--branch, master]
+      - id: check-yaml
+        args: [--unsafe]
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+        exclude_types: [markdown]
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
+        exclude: ^tests/test_.*$
+      - id: fix-byte-order-marker
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+
+  # Beautify shell scripts
+  - repo: https://github.com/lovesegfault/beautysh.git
+    rev: v6.2.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: beautysh
+        exclude: (?x)^(tests/test_(.*))$
+        args: [-i, "2"]
+
+  # Run local script
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: local-precommit-script
+        name: Run local script before commit if it exists
+        language: system
+        entry: bash -c '[ ! -x local.sh ] || ./local.sh'
+        pass_filenames: false
+
+  # Prettier (format code, only for non common files)
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        stages: [manual]
+        exclude_types:
+          - executable
+          - binary
+          - shell
+          - markdown
+
+  # Check format of yaml files
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
+    rev: v1.35.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        args:
+          - --no-warnings
+          - -d
+          - '{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: {max: 120}}}'
+
+  # Execute codespell to fix typo errors (setup of codespell into dev/tools/codespell/)
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.2.6
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        args:
+          - --ignore-words-list=master,als
+          - --builtin=clear,rare,informal,usage,code,names,en-GB_to_en-US
+        exclude_types: [image]
+
+  # Check some shell scripts
+  - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
+    rev: v0.9.0.6
+    hooks:
+      - id: shellcheck
+        args: [-W, '100']
+
+  # Run tests
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: tests
+        stages: [manual]
+        name: Run tests
+        language: system
+        entry: bash -c "./bash_unit tests/*"
+        pass_filenames: false