chore: add config / docs for 'pre-commit' support (#865)

synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v3.2.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-yaml
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 19.10b0
+    hooks:
+    - id: black
+-   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 3.8.4
+    hooks:
+    - id: flake8

synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ Coding Style
   should point to the official ``googleapis`` checkout and the
   the branch should be the main branch on that remote (``master``).
 
+- This repository contains configuration for the
+  `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com/>`__ tool, which automates checking
+  our linters during a commit.  If you have it installed on your ``$PATH``,
+  you can enable enforcing those checks via:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ pre-commit install
+   pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/pre-commit
+
 Exceptions to PEP8:
 
 - Many unit tests use a helper method, ``_call_fut`` ("FUT" is short for