diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml
index 16b42f89c..0018e7dfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 name: test-cygwin
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      main
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
     env:
       CHERE_INVOKING: 1
       SHELLOPTS: igncr
@@ -47,11 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         # If we rewrite the user's config by accident, we will mess it up
         # and cause subsequent tests to fail
         cat test/fixtures/.gitconfig >> ~/.gitconfig
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      shell: bash.exe -eo pipefail -o igncr "{0}"
-      run: |
-        set -x
-        /usr/bin/python -m flake8
     - name: Test with pytest
       shell: bash.exe -eo pipefail -o igncr "{0}"
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78a4053a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 5373dace6..6d6c67952 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 
 name: Python package
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -17,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
 
@@ -47,11 +44,6 @@ jobs:
         # and cause subsequent tests to fail
         cat test/fixtures/.gitconfig >> ~/.gitconfig
 
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        set -x
-        flake8
-
     - name: Check types with mypy
       # With new versions of pypi new issues might arise. This is a problem if there is nobody able to fix them,
       # so we have to ignore errors until that changes.
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..581cb69b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+    rev: 6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        additional_dependencies:
+          [
+            flake8-bugbear==22.12.6,
+            flake8-comprehensions==3.10.1,
+            flake8-typing-imports==1.14.0,
+          ]
+        exclude: ^doc|^git/ext/|^test/
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: check-yaml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54a735e53..82c5c9e0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ with MINGW's.
 Ensure testing libraries are installed.
 In the root directory, run: `pip install -r test-requirements.txt`
 
-To lint, run: `flake8`
+To lint, run: `pre-commit run --all-files`
 
 To typecheck, run: `mypy -p git`
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index daad454d8..81ae0132d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir: str, files: Sequence) -> None:
 def _stamp_version(filename: str) -> None:
     found, out = False, []
     try:
-        with open(filename, "r") as f:
+        with open(filename) as f:
             for line in f:
                 if "__version__ =" in line:
                     line = line.replace("\"git\"", "'%s'" % VERSION)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir: str, excludes: Sequence = ()) -> Sequence:
     name="GitPython",
     cmdclass={"build_py": build_py, "sdist": sdist},
     version=VERSION,
-    description="""GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories""",
+    description="GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories",
     author="Sebastian Thiel, Michael Trier",
     author_email="byronimo@gmail.com, mtrier@gmail.com",
     license="BSD",
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir: str, excludes: Sequence = ()) -> Sequence:
     install_requires=requirements,
     tests_require=requirements + test_requirements,
     zip_safe=False,
-    long_description="""GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories""",
+    long_description="""GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories""",
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     classifiers=[
         # Picked from
@@ -121,5 +121,6 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir: str, excludes: Sequence = ()) -> Sequence:
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6549f0fa0..6c6d57060 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ mypy
 
 black
 
-flake8
-flake8-bugbear
-flake8-comprehensions
-flake8-typing-imports
+pre-commit
 
 virtualenv