Add workflow to verify distributables are built

.github/workflows/check-dist.yml

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+# `dist/index.js` is a special file in Actions.
+# When you reference an action with `uses:` in a workflow,
+# `index.js` is the code that will run.
+# For our project, we generate this file using `ncc`
+# We need to make sure the checked-in `index.js` actually matches what we expect it to be.
+name: Check dist/
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check-dist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Rebuild the dist/ directory
+        run: npm run prepare
+
+      - name: Compare the expected and actual dist/ directories
+        run: |
+          if [ "$(git diff --ignore-space-at-eol dist/ | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; then
+            echo "Detected uncommitted changes after build in dist folder. See status below:"
+            git diff
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ "$(git diff --ignore-space-at-eol pre/ | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; then
+            echo "Detected uncommitted changes after build in pre folder. See status below:"
+            git diff
+            exit 1
+          fi