upgrade workflow and incorporate code review

.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Cache pip dependencies
         id: cache-pip-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           # Ubuntu-specific, see
           # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#python---pip
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
               python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-              pip install 'pre-commit>=2.10.1' 'flake8'
+              pip install 'pre-commit>=2.10.1'
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Run pre-commit large file check