Update dependencies, add NPM publish action

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This workflow will run tests using node and then publish a package to GitHub Packages when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-nodejs-packages
+
+name: Node.js Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  publish-npm:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm publish --provenance
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}

.gitignore

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package-lock.json
 /test
 /lib
 build
-.github
 exclude-list.txt
 sync.sh
 .DS_Store