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* adding pre-commit files

* applying pre-commit to all files

* adding no-strict-optional argument to mypy in circle ci config

* fix typo

* updating python versions

* [skip ci] remove extra args

* adding python 3.9

* [skip ci] set pre-commit version in requirements-dev.txt

* set CACHE_VERSION

* move linters from circleci to github actions

* update python version

* update python version in benchmarks_2

* moving to python 3.9.7

[cleanup] CI test updates; mypy cleanup; partial broadcast_object cleanup; pre-commit documentation (#744)

* changelog; mypy; oss cleanup

* more broadcast_object cleanup in FSDP

* one more mypy fix

* retire pytorch 1.6 from circleci, add new lightly, add 1.8 LTS and 1.9 stable release

* update torch version for LTS

* minor fixes

* update cache key

* trying newer gpu VMs

* bump the cache

* update to gpu.medium, which should be 2 GPUs

* update nightly version

* add pre-commit instruction

* fixed CHANGELOG after merging

* updated to newer nightly

* retained the older broadcast function for older GPUs for oss.py

* fixed a bug

* added a comment

* fixing a test for pytorch 1.10

* testing a fix

* Update fairscale/optim/oss.py

* Update CONTRIBUTING.md
Co-authored-by: Min Xu <min.xu.public@gmail.com>

* rename and move optim/utils.py

* attach the new file

Co-authored-by: Min Xu <24926999+min-xu-ai@users.noreply.github.com>