ci: add code scanning workflow (#251)

* add code scanning workflow

* chore: refine code scan paths

* chore: remove cruft

Author: Ilias Tsangaris

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/node_modules/**'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'javascript', 'python' ]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1