pre-commit + readme update

Author: Hristo Valev

.gitignore

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ __pycache__
 build
 debug.log
 .vscode
-*coverage*
+*coverage*
+.ruff_cache
+.venv
+.pylintrc

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+      - id: check-byte-order-marker
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-vcs-permalinks
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: check-yaml
+        files: .*\.(yaml|yml)$
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: "24.4.1"
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+        language_version: python3
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.2.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        name: codespell
+        description: Checks for common misspellings in text files.
+        entry: codespell
+        language: python
+        types: [text]
+        args: []
+        require_serial: false
+        additional_dependencies: []
+  - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.4.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: [--fix]
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.3.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py38-plus]

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/py-markdown-table/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/py-markdown-table)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/py-markdown-table/week)](https://pepy.tech/project/py-markdown-table)
 
-Tiny python library with zero dependencies which generates formatted multiline tables in `markdown`. 
+Tiny python library with zero dependencies which generates formatted multiline tables in `markdown`.
 
 ## Basic Use
 Install via pip as follows: ```pip install py-markdown-table```
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ jokes_list = [
         "joke3": "How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together!"
     }
 ]
-markdown = markdown_table(jokes_list).set_params(padding_width = 3, 
-                                                 padding_weight = 'centerleft', 
+markdown = markdown_table(jokes_list).set_params(padding_width = 3,
+                                                 padding_weight = 'centerleft',
                                                  multiline = {'joke1': 30, 'joke2': 30, 'joke3': 30}
                                                  ).get_markdown()
 ```
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ The namespace `py_markdown_table.utils` provides the functions `count_emojis()`
     <summary >
     see example
     </summary>
-*Note:* Github's markdown preview does not render emojis as two whole characters, hence the slight offsets in cells containing emojis. 
+*Note:* Github's markdown preview does not render emojis as two whole characters, hence the slight offsets in cells containing emojis.
 
 ```
 +-------------------------------+
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ Below is an example from a monospaced terminal, where the table is rendered corr
 
 
 ## Benchmarks
-The table below provide some benchmark results, evaluating the performance on data containing incrementally larger number of `columns`, `rows`, and characters in each table cell (i.e. `cell_size`). You can benchmark it on your own system using the script contained within `py_markdown_table/utils/benchmark.py`. Generally, reasonably-sized tables intended to be read by a human can be generated within a millisecond. 
+The table below provide some benchmark results, evaluating the performance on data containing incrementally larger number of `columns`, `rows`, and characters in each table cell (i.e. `cell_size`). You can benchmark it on your own system using the script contained within `py_markdown_table/utils/benchmark.py`. Generally, reasonably-sized tables intended to be read by a human can be generated within a millisecond.
 
 <details>
     <summary >