Adjust the branch reference fixer's logic

- change references to temporary branches (e.g., "release-*" and
  "publish") to point to the 'main' branch
- add --branch=BRANCH_NAME option to the nox session so that
  one can pass in a target branch to make all references point to
- run "fix-branch-references" as the first pre-commit hook
  as it fails the fastest
- bug fix: allow dots in branch references (e.g., "release-0.1.0")

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ repos:
 # Run the local formatting, linting, and testing tool chains.
 - repo: local
   hooks:
+  - id: local-fix-branch-references
+    name: Check for wrong branch references
+    entry: poetry run nox -s fix-branch-references --
+    language: system
+    stages: [commit]
+    types: [text]
   - id: local-format
     name: Format the source files
     entry: poetry run nox -s format --
@@ -16,12 +22,6 @@ repos:
     language: system
     stages: [commit]
     types: [python]
-  - id: local-fix-branch-references
-    name: Adjust the branch references
-    entry: poetry run nox -s fix-branch-references --
-    language: system
-    stages: [commit]
-    types: [text]
   - id: local-test-suite
     name: Run the entire test suite
     entry: poetry run nox -s test-suite --