Add job running flake8 on known good folder

Author: Flamefire

.github/workflows/linting.yml

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+name: Static Analysis
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  python-linting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+
+    - name: install Python packages
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade flake8
+
+    - name: Run flake8
+      run: |
+        flake8 easybuild/tools
+