Merge pull request #85 from likeness-pop/develop

prep `v2.2.7` - merge `develop` into `main`

Author: jGaboardi

.github/workflows/release_to_pypi.yml

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+---
+name: Publish to PyPI / GitHub
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  build-n-publish:
+    name: Build and publish to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # MANDATORY for trusted publishing to PyPI
+      contents: write  # MANDATORY for the Github release action
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Build source and wheel distributions
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
+          python -m build
+          twine check --strict dist/*
+
+      - name: Create Release Notes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            await github.request(`POST /repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases`, {
+                tag_name: "${{ github.ref }}",
+                generate_release_notes: true
+            });
+
+      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1