formatting and linting automation

Squashed commits:
[cd479ba] formatting and linting automation
[7fbfabb] formatting and linting automation
[c4f9505] fix after rebase
[f506ad4] rename job
[441d517] update doc (+7 squashed commits)
[2e1b416] fix invoke and github action
[6ae5bb4] doc for git blame
[44b5461] add GitHub action
[b07474f] add docs
[4cd9a6f] more linter fixes
[db71901] wip
[540dc88] wip

.github/workflows/code-check.yml

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+# Check the code against the formatter and linter
+name: Code format and lint check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    name: Check Code
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Get history and tags for SCM versioning to work
+      run: |
+        git fetch --prune --unshallow
+        git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install ".[build,test,development]"
+    - name: Check
+      run: |
+        invoke project.pre-commit