#746 Define and document pre-commit hook for reuse compliance check

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool
+    rev: v5.0.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: reuse

devdoc/install-pre-commit-hooks.md

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+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Mark Rotteveel
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-PDL-1.0
+-->
+# Install pre-commit hooks
+
+As a contributor to the project, you can use pre-commit hooks to perform some
+verifications before committing your work. This document describes how to
+install them.
+
+The use of these pre-commit hooks is not required, but will allow you to check
+things that will otherwise fail later when the GitHub Actions are run.
+
+## Installation instructions
+
+1. Install a recent version of Python 3.
+2. Install pre-commit using pip (see also <https://pre-commit.com/#install>):
+   ```
+   pip install pre-commit  
+   ```
+3. From the root of the Jaybird repository, run:
+   ```
+   pre-commit install
+   ```
+
+Now the pre-commit hooks are installed and will run before commit.
+
+## Available pre-commit hooks
+
+Jaybird currently defines the following pre-commit hooks:
+
+### reuse
+
+Checks if appropriate copyright and license information is present, verifies
+compliance with the REUSE specification.
+
+If you want to be able to run `reuse` manually, follow the installation instructions on <https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool?tab=readme-ov-file#install>.
+
+A manual compliance check can then be run with:
+
+```
+reuse lint
+```
+
+## License Notice
+
+The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation
+License Version 1.0 (the “License”); you may only use this Documentation if you
+comply with the terms of this License. A copy of the License is available at
+<https://firebirdsql.org/en/public-documentation-license/>.
+
+The Original Documentation is "Install pre-commit hooks".
+The Initial Writer of the Original Documentation is Mark Rotteveel,
+Copyright © 2025. All Rights Reserved. (Initial Writer contact(s):
+mark (at) lawinegevaar (dot) nl).
+
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