feat(autopublish): Use release-please to publish packages to npm from…

… now on

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+on:
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - master
+
+permissions:
+    contents: write
+    pull-requests: write
+    id-token: write
+
+name: release
+jobs:
+    release-please:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+              id: release
+              with:
+                  release-type: node
+                  package-name: ${{vars.NPM_MODULE_NAME}}
+                  pull-request-title-pattern: 'chore${scope}: release ${version} [skip-ci]'
+            # The logic below handles the npm publication:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+              # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
+              # a new release is created:
+              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+            - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 18
+                  registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+            - run: npm ci
+              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+            - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+              env:
+                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 .DS_Store
-package-lock.json
+.npmrc