[lint doc] how to fix flake errors if pre-commit hook wasn't there (p…

…ytorch#49345)

Summary:
This PR adds instructions on what to do if one committed into a PR branch w/o having a pre-commit hook enabled and having CI report flake8 errors.

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#49345

Reviewed By: cpuhrsch

Differential Revision: D25683167

Pulled By: soumith

fbshipit-source-id: 3c45c866e1636c116d2cacec438d62c860e6b854

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -903,6 +903,16 @@ You'll need to install an appropriately configured flake8; see
 [Lint as you type](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/wiki/Lint-as-you-type)
 for documentation on how to do this.
 
+If you haven't set up the pre-commit hook and have already committed files and 
+CI reports `flake8` errors, you can run the check locally in your PR branch with:
+
+  ```bash
+  flake8 $(git diff --name-only $(git merge-base --fork-point master))
+  ```
+
+fix the code so that no errors are reported when you re-run the above check again, 
+and then commit the fix.
+
 ## Building PyTorch with ASAN
 
 [ASAN](https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer) is very