Build and commit changes to 'dist' automatically

Instead of requiring that developers keep the 'dist' directory up-to-date,
this process is now automated via a workflow.
Whenever a commit is pushed to 'main' (or a 'release/**' branch), the workflow will
build the application and commit any changes to the 'dist' directory.

.github/workflows/ci-check-no-dist-update.yml

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+name: CI-check-no-dist-update
+
+# Prohibit any change to 'dist/**' on a non-release branch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - main
+      - release/*
+    paths:
+      - dist**
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - dist/**
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  fail-on-dist-update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - run: |
+        echo "The 'dist' directory is auotmatically updated by the release process."
+        echo "It should not be updated manually in a non-release branch or a pull request."
+        exit 1