Switch from pre-commit to prek

[adamtheturtle]

This PR migrates from pre-commit to prek, a faster Rust-based alternative.

Changes

• Replace pre-commit with prek in pyproject.toml dev dependencies
• Update .pre-commit-config.yaml to use prek builtin hooks (Rust implementations for better performance)
• Remove pre-commit CI configuration (ci: section)
• Update GitHub Actions workflow to use prek commands
• Remove pre-commit-ci/lite-action step
• Update contributing documentation for prek

Why prek?

• Faster execution (Rust-based)
• Built-in hooks implemented in Rust for common checks
• Uses uv for Python environment management
• Single binary with no dependencies
• Fully compatible with existing .pre-commit-config.yaml format

See https://prek.j178.dev for more information.

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Note

Migrates repository linting workflow and tooling from pre-commit to prek.

• Replace pre-commit dev dependency with prek in pyproject.toml
• Update GitHub Actions lint.yml to run uv run ... prek run for pre-commit, pre-push, and manual stages
• Update contributor docs (docs/source/contributing.rst) to install and run prek instead of pre-commit
• Tweak .pre-commit-config.yaml to set default_install_hook_types to [pre-commit, pre-push]

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[cursor]

pre-commit-ci/lite-action step not removed as intended

The PR description states "Remove pre-commit-ci/lite-action step" but this step is still present in the workflow. The pre-commit-ci/lite-action is specifically designed to work with pre-commit to auto-fix PRs, not with prek. Since the PR switches to prek, this action won't function as intended and represents either dead code or broken functionality for auto-fixing PRs.