Merge pull request NHERI-SimCenter#9 from ioannis-vm/2024-06_add_files

Add files.

.flake8

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+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 85
+ignore = E203, E241, E701, W503
+exclude = flycheck*

.github/format_and_lint.yaml

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+name: Format and Lint Code
+on:
+  push:
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+jobs:
+  format_and_lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - name: Run Black
+        uses: psf/black@stable
+        with:
+          options: "-S"
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'GitHubBot'
+          git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+          git add .
+          if git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
+            echo "No changes to commit."
+          else
+            git commit -m "Format code with Black."
+            git push
+          fi
+      - name: Install Flake8
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install flake8
+      - name: Run Flake8
+        run: flake8 .