new release - deprecate node12

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the present release v1.5.0 returned node12
the master branch has node16
do you want some assistance with housekeeping PR's?

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notes to self. documentation should mention 2.3 version of gh client is required for gh auth in docs.

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Chore: update examples to actions/checkout@v3