Convert from Container to TypeScript Action

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Currently, this action is configured as a Docker container action. This leads to extra startup time to build and run the container.

This PR converts this action to TypeScript/JavaScript following the actions/typescript-action template along with a number of other improvements:

GitHub Actions Workflows

• Added a new workflow for continuous integration to run tests, linting, and format checks on pull requests and pushes to the main branch (.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml).
• Introduced a new workflow to check the status of transpiled JavaScript in the dist/ directory to ensure it matches the expected output (.github/workflows/check-dist.yml).
• Updated the CodeQL analysis workflow to use the latest versions of actions and adjusted the schedule and permissions (.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml).
• Added a new workflow for license checks using the Licensed tool to ensure all dependencies have valid licenses (.github/workflows/licensed.yml).
• Created a new workflow for linting the codebase on pull requests and pushes to the main branch (.github/workflows/linter.yml).

Dependency Management

• Added a dependabot.yml configuration to manage dependency updates for GitHub Actions and npm packages (.github/dependabot.yml).
• Updated license files for various dependencies to reflect the latest versions and correct license text (.licenses/npm/@actions/core.dep.yml, .licenses/npm/@actions/exec.dep.yml, .licenses/npm/@actions/github.dep.yml). [1] [2] [3]

Configuration Files

• Added a new development container configuration for TypeScript development with VS Code customizations and necessary extensions (.devcontainer/devcontainer.json).
• Updated .gitattributes to set line endings to LF and mark the dist/ directory as generated (.gitattributes).

Other Changes

• Changed code owners to @actions/actions-oss-maintainers
• Fixed example action in README
• Added 100% unit test coverage
• Removed unused dependencies, including tar files from @actions/toolkit
• Added linting and testing configurations for ESLint, Prettier, and Jest
• Updated licenses for all dependencies to reflect the latest versions and correct license

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