[VOL-5297] Install module pre-commit for linting

Minor patch submitted for side effects.
Launch a 1c-1g AWS instance for debugging.

.pre-commit-config.yaml
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  o Update base pre-commit script config.
  o Add doc8 and minor rst linting hooks.

howto/release/voltctl/release.rst
overview/contributing/copyright.rst
overview/contributing/patch_followup.rst
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  o Source edits and cleanups used to force a job run.

Signed-off-by: Joey Armstrong <jarmstrong@linuxfoundation.org>
Change-Id: Ie3243b953c6b6e9c0d31e0080b2ebbe1d2b91c0f
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9e71221..ea26801 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.39
+2.12.40