Update action versions & replace release action

Updated the versions of the used actions (where I noticed possible).
Also replaced actions/create-release with softprops/action-gh-release
because the former was archived in 2021.

Based on a single suggestion I saw somewhere online, it's best to
--ignore-scripts with npm ci. So I did that here too.

Author: TheMrCam

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: |
         docker pull ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-small-latest ;
         docker run -i --rm -v `pwd`/test/data:/data ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-small-latest bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get -y install imagemagick libtiff-tools wget && cd /data && ./setup_data.sh"
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: 20.x
-    - run: npm ci
+        node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+    - run: npm rebuild
     - run: npm run build
     - run: npm test
     - name: action-slack

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node.js 22.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          node-version: 22.x
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run docs
       - name: Deploy pages

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,25 +7,31 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Create Release
+    name: Create release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      # required for softprops/action-gh-release
+      contents: write
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: npm install
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+        # npm run prepare runs the build step for publish and pack
+      - run: npm rebuild && npm run prepare
       - run: npm run docs
-      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create Release
+      - name: Create release
         id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
           body: ""
+          generate_release_notes: true
           draft: true
           prerelease: false
       - name: action-slack